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📣 throwaway9939

How do you cope with pressure?


Dear HN,

I've been struggling with the same phenomenon in all my jobs. Currently I'm working on a "dream job" in well-know Open Source company, I should be happy, except that I'm not. I actually enjoy my work when I work on a problem during the weekends, outside working hours. Nobody is breathing down my neck, I feel free. As soon as the work week starts, the same task I enjoyed during the weekend suddenly doesn't feel enjoyable anymore and I kind off lock up and I'm not able to perform as well anymore.

Anyone else familiar with this feeling and what to do about it?


  👤 brudgers Accepted Answer ✓
There are two types of work pressure.

Get it wrong, your supervisor does a supervisor's dance.

Get it wrong, someone is laying cold.

Both types of work is necessary and important.

Coping is not mistaking one type of pressure for the other.

Good luck.