Seriously. Comparing burnout to PTSD is inaccurate, insulting, and offensive.
Post traumatic stress disorder - trauma. Coding is not trauma and can't be compared to trauma.
Post traumatic stress disorder - trauma. Coding is not trauma and can't be compared to trauma.
Two issues: 1. it seems lots people mix up burnout with exhaustion or lack of motivation. It is not the same.
2. I'm afraid, and I am not alone to think that people feel like burnout == bragging rights.
It is not. It is just painful and unproductive. I now say (tongue-in-cheek, admittedly) that it is far better to keep going at 95-120% for year after year than going all the way to 160 for weeks, meet the wall and needing months to fully recover. Often families and other relationships suffer as well.
So is your second sentence inaccurate, insulting, and offensive? yeah
Still can't compare it to PTSD.