Bored at Work but Exhausted? That's Still Burnout | Ep 225

Bored at work but exhausted? It isn't your workload. Your growth curve flattened, and the flat spot is what's draining you. Not sure if you've outgrown the role, the company, or the entire direction of your engineering career? Grab the Next Move Experiment → https://toolkit.oasisofcourage.com/boredom Built on a whiteboard. Watch it → https://youtu.be/UcpXMSioj-o Chris had ten years at the same company, good pay, good life, no crisis — just a plan to ride it out four more years and retire. Two and a half months later he'd left the job, moved across the country to be closer to family, and started as an engineering director. Nothing had to break first. He simply got clear on what he actually wanted. Every role demands a certain level of skill. Your capability climbs fast to meet it at first, then you get good at the job and the new inputs stop. The curve flattens. Stay there long enough and it pulls you back down. That's still burnout. It just didn't come from doing too much. In this episode: how to tell depletion apart from being stuck (they feel identical and need opposite responses), why a flat growth curve can drain more energy than a heavy workload, the push-or-pivot question that decides whether you go inside your company or out of it, and three experiments to get real evidence before you make a giant career decision. Go run your next move. New here? Follow the show. Ready to build the whole plan → https://calendly.com/oaco-client-success-team/career-clarity-call Zach White is the founder of Oasis of Courage. Engineering degrees from Purdue and Michigan, former engineering leader at Whirlpool, 300+ engineering leaders coached since 2019. You shouldn't have to sacrifice your life to reach your potential at work. Also in Season 2: How to Get Promoted from Engineering Manager to Director · Why Great Engineers Get Passed Over for Promotion · How Engineering Managers Get Promoted Without Bragging