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Welcome to burnout, then. That is not sustainable, and you can't create a profitable solution in a time frame that this amount of work would pay off without horrible (personal) costs.

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In my experience, burnout seems to be a result of poor sleep, poor nutrition, lack of autonomy, lack of recognition, etc. This is especially true if working harder won't lead to greater rewards, like if you have a fixed salary or if your compensation is fairly independent from your actual work.

Many of these are more likely to occur when working at a big Corp, so working by yourself can help you avoid this.

Right, "17 hours a day, 7 days a week" in the "hardest tech possible" fits the bill then.

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