1.5 YOE. Hadn’t taken any time off since I started working in 2023 as a new grad. Last year I started experiencing what I can only describe as “neurological decline”, felt like I had dementia because I was constantly forgetting things, making small and large mistakes, chronic fatigue that made it very difficult to work. I nearly got put on PIP because I made a couple of big mistakes.
Finally I decided that I needed a break because I was about to crack, so I took two weeks of PTO to just sit at home and relax. I even found the energy and concentration to do leetcode, because I want to move on to a better company soon, and it’s going well.
On Monday I return to work (and also five day RTO which started while I was away). But while my mental health is overall slightly better, I feel like my motivation is even worse. The only thing that remotely matters to me right now is leetcode. The idea of struggling through my tasks as I try to navigate some unfamiliar repo, or sit in on standups for my relatively new team and try and understand 10% of what’s being said, sounds like torture.
How do I make work as tolerable as possible without getting fired? Until I can get an offer somewhere else (which could take several months)
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r/cscareerquestions 1.5 YOE. Hadn’t taken any time off since I started working in 2023 as a new grad. Last year I started experiencing what I can only describe as “neurological decline”, felt like I had dementia because I was constantly forgetting things, making small and large mistakes, chronic fatigue that made it very difficult to work. I nearly got put on PIP because I made a couple of big mistakes. Finally I decided that I needed a break because I was about to crack, so I took two weeks of PTO to just sit at home and relax. I even found the energy and concentration to do leetcode, because I want to move on to a better company soon, and it’s going well. On Monday I return to work (and also five day RTO which started while I was away). But while my mental health is overall slightly better, I feel like my motivation is even worse. The only thing that remotely matters to me right now is leetcode. The idea of struggling through my tasks as I try to navigate some unfamiliar repo, or sit in on standups for my relatively new team and try and understand 10% of what’s being said, sounds like torture. How do I make work as tolerable as possible without getting fired? Until I can get an offer somewhere else (which could take several months) submitted by /u/Sweet_Day_4561 [link] [comments]
1.5 YOE. Hadn’t taken any time off since I started working in 2023 as a new grad. Last year I started experiencing what I can only describe as “neurological decline”, felt like I had dementia because I was constantly forgetting things, making small and large mistakes, chronic fatigue that made it very difficult to work. I nearly got put on PIP because I made a couple of big mistakes.
Finally I decided that I needed a break because I was about to crack, so I took two weeks of PTO to just sit at home and relax. I even found the energy and concentration to do leetcode, because I want to move on to a better company soon, and it’s going well.
On Monday I return to work (and also five day RTO which started while I was away). But while my mental health is overall slightly better, I feel like my motivation is even worse. The only thing that remotely matters to me right now is leetcode. The idea of struggling through my tasks as I try to navigate some unfamiliar repo, or sit in on standups for my relatively new team and try and understand 10% of what’s being said, sounds like torture.
How do I make work as tolerable as possible without getting fired? Until I can get an offer somewhere else (which could take several months)
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