Comments on: Professionalism And Thermodynamics http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics/ Better Than Yesterday Fri, 24 May 2013 06:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: derick.bailey http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics/#comment-78 derick.bailey Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:31:34 +0000 /blogs/derickbailey/archive/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics.aspx#comment-78 @Josh "Unfortunately, sometimes expending the energy necessary to offset entropy in an organization may be too great for an individual...leading to burn out." very true. i've burned out more than once in my continuous struggle. I'm very fortunate in my current project to have a tech-lead who is fighting along side me. even with a partner in the fight, burn-out is still a real possibility. It takes an entire team to fight the entropy, in my experience. @Josh

“Unfortunately, sometimes expending the energy necessary to offset entropy in an organization may be too great for an individual…leading to burn out.”

very true. i’ve burned out more than once in my continuous struggle. I’m very fortunate in my current project to have a tech-lead who is fighting along side me. even with a partner in the fight, burn-out is still a real possibility. It takes an entire team to fight the entropy, in my experience.

]]> By: jlockwood http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics/#comment-77 jlockwood Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:35:52 +0000 /blogs/derickbailey/archive/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics.aspx#comment-77 I think I've made a similar argument in the past. In fact, I believe that entropy is a factor in any social entity and energy must constantly be expended to avert or lessen its effects. Unfortunately, sometimes expending the energy necessary to offset entropy in an organization may be too great for an individual...leading to burn out. I think I’ve made a similar argument in the past. In fact, I believe that entropy is a factor in any social entity and energy must constantly be expended to avert or lessen its effects.

Unfortunately, sometimes expending the energy necessary to offset entropy in an organization may be too great for an individual…leading to burn out.

]]> By: Geoff Stockham http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics/#comment-76 Geoff Stockham Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:55 +0000 /blogs/derickbailey/archive/2008/12/04/professionalism-and-thermodynamics.aspx#comment-76 One of the physics professors at my old uni named his house "High Entropy" on account of it always being in a state of disorder! One of the physics professors at my old uni named his house “High Entropy” on account of it always being in a state of disorder!

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