At the moment everyone in the Australian web industry is saying the same thing. They are more than busy, they are completely flatout. Often over worked and trying their best to maintain their usual quality of work with the limited resources that are available. In a way being overworked is like being under extreme stress. But as humans we are very easy to adapt to changes in environmental conditions so you may not be even aware you are overworked, so here is a checklist:
- Your family and friends have got so used to not having you around, you feel like a stranger when you are around them.
I don’t know about you, but for myself and others I have spoken to in the web industry, it seems over the last 18 months we have been having a little bit of a boom. You would think with things going well in this type of business environment that it would be the “Best of Times”. But with the good times there can also come the “Worst of Times”.
Photo:Miles Burke
Yesterday was BarCamp time here in Perth. It brought together not only the usual web industry technical people but also those from the education, interactive media, librarians and students. This was good melting pot of people within related industries which allowed for a full program at the end of the day.
Didn’t get to some of the talks in the morning which is a shame, I missed Scott Barnes‘ Silverlight presentation as we planned for our Web Business Panel. Also missed the Explaining Web 2.0 to “noobs” session, mainly due to the room not being conducive to people sneaking into the room late.
We are not super human, the web industry is like any other, we undergo long hours of work with the odd all nighter. However recently with the renewed interest in the web, we have at least in the last 12-18 months, been having a bit of a boom. This is great everyone is extremely busy, business is good. Work is thick on the ground and easy to find. But with all this comes increased deadlines, increased pressures and ultimately increased stress. We all get stressed in one form or another, yes even the Web Rock Gods get stressed, even if some of us do try and deny it from time to time.
