Burnout is in the Mind

This is... this... wow, this guy has no idea what he's talking about.

"I don’t consider myself very devoted to my work, but I’ve been writing code every day for two years."

Yeah, come back when you've been doing it for a decade, kid. Come back when you've been doing it as part of a team, after you've spent days solving a bug that's been preventing your stuff from working, and came from someone else who was in the same hurry you are. Come back when...

I'm going to stop. This is a fluff opinion piece from someone with little experience and wrong facts (33h work-week? lol). I wish I could downvote it.

Burnout doesn't come from daily git commits, it comes from frustration and a desire to prove yourself.

It's not just in your head, and jogging isn't going to fix it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_(psychology)

I don't understand his argument. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that burnout is a form of depression and thus burnout exists in the mind. I think the issue is that burnout is a form of depression that is caused by overwork. Overwork is not just about the number of hours worked. The causes of burnout vary drastically.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/in-dep...

yeah, sure burnout is in your mind. but so is depression and other mental illnesses. Doesn't make it any less real.

Biased and poorly researched piece. Not sure why it was posted to HN.