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Re:Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week by saiya-jin on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:39AM (#12786240)
you are incorrect in assumption that burnout can happen only once you lose passion for your work. one of endless examples in history - look up medical volunteers during WWI - passionate for saving lives all the time, yet burnout happened to many of those.

there are limits to stress your body can sustain, and your mind can be totally disconnected with it, pushing and pushing.

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Re:Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week by vog on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @05:27AM (#12786478)
> you are incorrect in assumption that burnout can happen only once you lose passion for your work

The assumption is not only incorrect, but I believe it is exactly reverse: Losing passing is one of the consequences of a burn-out. It is not a cause, but instead one of the (most visible) symptoms.

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Re:Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week by vog on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:33PM (#12789857)
To those who downvoted this: Do you care to explain why you don't think that burn-out leads to losing passion?
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