> The "Rockstar" types join, get all excitable, make a handful of rapid (often good) changes, burn out, and leave. Likely to start again at their next workplace.
The most helpful advice I've ever been given by my manager is to come to terms with my, so to say, "rockstarness". There are people who come in to work everyday and deliver a constant stream of output. Others (like me) have huge bursts of productivity at seemingly random times. And that's fine when you know that this is what's going on. When I'm in a phase of low productivity, I don't panic anymore about not getting anything done. I'm deliberately spending the time mentoring juniors, learning new things, or working on getting tickets unblocked so that when the next productivity streak hits me, I'm ready to make the most of it.
The most helpful advice I've ever been given by my manager is to come to terms with my, so to say, "rockstarness". There are people who come in to work everyday and deliver a constant stream of output. Others (like me) have huge bursts of productivity at seemingly random times. And that's fine when you know that this is what's going on. When I'm in a phase of low productivity, I don't panic anymore about not getting anything done. I'm deliberately spending the time mentoring juniors, learning new things, or working on getting tickets unblocked so that when the next productivity streak hits me, I'm ready to make the most of it.