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the rust project has a burnout problem

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the number of people who have left the rust project due to burnout is shockingly high. the number of people in the project who are close to burnout is also shockingly high. this post is about myself, but it's not just about myself. i'm not going to name names because either you know what i'm talking about, in which case you know at least five people matching this description, or you don't, in which case sorry but you're not the target audience. consider, though, that the project has been around for 15 years, and compare that to the average time a maintainer has been active ... (i apologize in advance if this story does not match your experience; hopefully the suggestions on what to do about burnout will still be helpful to you.) the pattern usually goes something like this: guess what you've already learned at this point: work in this project doesn't happen unless you personally drive it forward. that issue you fixed was opened for years; the majority of issues you will work on as you

the number of people who have left the rust project due to burnout is shockingly high. the number of people in the project who are close to burnout is also shockingly high. this post is about myself, but it's not just about myself. i'm not going to name names because either you know what i'm talking about, in which case you know at least five people matching this description, or you don't, in which case sorry but you're not the target audience. consider, though, that the project has been around for 15 years, and compare that to the average time a maintainer has been active ... what does this l

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