Sustaining Passion and Preventing Burnout in High-Stakes Software Development

Discover strategies for sustainable team management in this 10-minute conference talk from LeadDev West Coast 2023. Learn how to balance passion and workload to prevent burnout in high-stakes environments. Gain insights on evaluating competing priorities, implementing a sustainable incident response system, and fostering team support. Explore techniques for organizing backlogs when every task feels urgent and important, ensuring continued enthusiasm and engagement among team members. Apply these tactics to fuel employee passion while minimizing burnout risk, particularly in software development for social good contexts.