PTO and Taking Time Off

19/09/2022 30 min Episodio 5
PTO and Taking Time Off

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- PTO & Taking Time Off  - Self-care  - Accrual caps  - Burnout  - Unlimited time off - good or bad?  - Trap of not taking enough, personal guilt, fear of letting team down  - Brad Feld’s 1 week a quarter - completely off grid, no work (= 4 weeks a year)  - Why taking time off is good for your team / company  - Marathon / not a sprint, you need to be able to take time off  - Ensures you are not the blocker for things  - Encourages better docs, better socializing of concepts and ownership of the code- Tips for taking time off  - Github Away Feature  - Delete or disable Slack  - Create a list of things that you are responsible for and who will help cover those things- Other Time Off  - Parental Leave  - Sick Leave  - Company-wide holidays: Refuel WeekSend an Open Source Developer on Vacation Voting is over but you can check out the winners at https://tuple.app/sends-you-on-vacation/Share your time off habits and feedback with us on Twitter:@buildandlearn_@colinloretz@cjav_dev