> Burnout is a work life balance thing

It's more than that. Perhaps you haven't been in a position to accept a lot of resignations in your career. Burnout is most definitely implicated by the work place itself, specific work assignments, and general office culture.

> don't have a near infinity list, then that means you don't have a roadmap

Are you talking only about startups? That would make sense. In the more general case I doubt your assertion here. Does this fragment truly sound rational to you on a second reading?

> and this can always be done in the context of the work.

The very article this thread is attached to clearly shows how false this is.