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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 01:14:39 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   • Ryan Kennedy

   @rckenned I'm not Staff, but am upper-level Senior, and I have regularly tried to sign up for stints as "testing czar" or other such things just to get a burnout break.

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     Ryan Kennedy (rckenned@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 01:14:40 JST Ryan Kennedy

     There should be job roles for burnt out Staff+ engineers to hang back, burn down the bug list, write tests, fix documentation, clean up alerts, and other assorted housekeeping. Stuff that’s impactful and soothing to engineers who’ve lost the motivation to lead from the front but still find satisfaction in those sorts of tasks.