Self-care Saturday

2020 was a tough year. Burnout is real (and different) after the last twelve months.

Join Women Who Code Cincinnati for a personal check-in on Self Care Saturday as we close on working remote for one year in a global pandemic (and so many other extra stresses).

First we’ll talk about what burnout is, what to watch out for and some techniques for keeping it at bay. Then we’ll have an open discussion about how we’ve all experienced burn out (now or in the past), how we each combat it, and share our own self care routines. Active participation is never required for any of our events but we strive to provide a safe space where you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts, experiences, and techniques with the group (please let us know if there is something that we can do to make you more comfortable)! Finally we’ll end the session with a guided breathing exercise!

Join us for the conversation with your favorite tea, coffee, juice, or morning cocktail! Hope to see you then.

Here are some resources that may be helpful prior to Saturday’s events:

1. Article - Silicon Valley's workforce is feeling more burned out than before the pandemic, with nearly 70% reporting work-from-home exhaustion
   https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-burnout-higher-than-before-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-10

2. Article - Are You at Risk of Burnout?
   https://www.nutanix.com/theforecastbynutanix/business/it-work-burnout-symptoms

3. Article - How to Reduce Engineer Burnout During COVID-19
   https://devops.com/covid-19-how-engineering-teams-can-reduce-burnout/

4. Self Assessment - Being a manager is hard. Check your burnout level.
   https://burnoutindex.yerbo.co/

5. Breathing Exercise - 3 - 4 - 5 Breathing
   https://drchatterjee.com/5-breathing-techniques-help-reduce-stress/#:~:text=3%E2%80%934%E2%80%935%20Breath.&text=Breathe%20in%20for%20three%20seconds,move%20into%20a%20thrive%20state

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This session with be led by Emily Egan, Director for WWCode Cincinnati, and Alexx Mitchell, Lead for WWCode Cincinnati.

Emily is the Lead Front End Engineer at Arist. She loves Angular and TypeScript, and has been a developer for ten years. Outside of work she enjoys PC games, photography, and activism.

Alexx is a bootcamp grad and software engineer who currently specializes in javascript and frontend development at P&G in Cincinnati. In her spare time, she likes to dabble in Android and Kotlin. She is also a plant mom and runner.