> “it won’t get done if i don’t do it” and “i need to review everything or stuff will slip through” is exactly the mindset of my own burnout from rust.
I've already caught myself getting into this mindset a few times.
For one particular issue, I got a bit mad because it felt like I was the only one trying to move a critical issue forward, and other people were treating it as a distant priority. In that case, what helped was moving away from the issue for a few days, and seeing other people pick up speed and make progress on it in the meantime. Having supportive colleagues is super helpful.
I don't know how much this will be a problem in the coming year. I'm hoping we can strike a healthy balance.
yes, there are lots of things you can do to get work done that don't involve you personally writing the code. i would like to write a post about that at some point but i have at least 3 blog ideas up in the air currently so it might take a while