# Burn Baby Burnout

URL: /show/coder-radio/16/
> Mike and Chris tackle the challenges of burnout, the signs of approaching discontent, the issues that can aggravate it, and what you can do to combat burnout and get back to work. Plus we answer some of your questions, ask if its no big deal that iOS 6 is more evolution than revolution, and much more!

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 16
- Date: 2012-09-24
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/q0aCPYNnrdY





### Episode Links

#### Feedback

  * Tushar writes in with some Ubuntu stability woes.
  * Jay writes explaining that Coder Radio has gotten him to abandon his evil app pirating ways! But, he still won’t pay more than one dollar for an app.
  * [Matt as a solution to the GRUB issue I’ve seen in the past](https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer/index.html)

#### This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

  * [Jeremy Kahn’s Developers vs. Engineers vc. Scientists](http://jeremyckahn.github.com/blog/2012/09/23/developers-vs-engineers-vs-scientists/index.html)

#### iOS 6 New Stuff!

  * Evolution rather than revolution.

#### Burnout

  * What is burnout?
  * [Signs of burnout](http://tech.onthis.net/2011/06/16/top-10-symptoms-of-developer-burnout/index.html)
  * [The disposable geek mentality](http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/developer-burnout-time-end-the-disposable-geek-mentality-072/index.html)
  * How does this happen?

#### My Burnout Cures

  * See real (non-digital)people
  * [Gaming](http://www.humblebundle.com/index.html)
  * Get away from the computer.

#### Tool of the Week

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#### Audio Book of the Week

  * [Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter](http://www.qksrv.net/click-4897915-102739199cde.html?url=https://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B003QAEJ0I&qid=1348513741&sr=1-1&source_code=COMA0213WS031709\\%22)

#### Book of the Week

  * [Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WH7PLS?SubscriptionId=0RGQ32M03RDWT5YF2K82&tag=thelinactsho-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000WH7PLS)