In this second episode of our “Standing Out as a Developer” mini-series, we have a chat with founding engineer and Criclang creator Manthan Gupta who took a 8 month sabbatical in his early career to deal with burnout.in this episode

- how do you identify burnout?

- how do you deal with developer burnout?

- manthan's sabbatical experience in early career

- productivity hacks for preventing burnoutchapters

00:00 in this episode

00:45 breaking prod

01:10 signs of burnout

07:00 breaking out of burnout

09:13 taking a sabbatical (in early career)

16:08 confessing burnout to your manager

18:28 hacks to prevent burnout before you crash

22:38 closing noteManthan's Socials

- Twitter https://twitter.com/manthanguptaa

- GitHub https://github.com/manthanguptaa

- CricLang https://manthanguptaa.in/posts/criclang/

- Website https://manthanguptaa.in/Manthan's latest AI Project -

https://manthanguptaa.in/posts/water/Vivek's Socials

- Twitter https://twitter.com/viveknigam_

- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/breaking.prod

- Website and blogs https://www.viveknigam.io/About Breaking Prod

Breaking Prod is the no-fluff tech podcast where curious builders break down real-world systems—and themselves—to rebuild smarter, stronger, and more human. It's a home for anyone who's building, breaking, or just figuring it out.