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Re:How to Burn Out Programming by hootener on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:24AM (#7222867)
I sometimes have to pull off tight deadlines that require me to go three or four days with only a couple hours of sleep each time (it's grad school, it sucks).

Burnout for me feels like the third day of that all the time. A fatigue so deep it's almost an ache. The thought of booting up your IDE feels like the equivalent of sitting through a lecture after that third day of little to no sleep. Sure, you can do it, but it just seems like such a chore.

That's burnout. It takes the things that invigorate you and turns them into chores. Then it breaks both your legs. Have fun getting your chores done.

Re:How to Burn Out Programming by toomuchtodo on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:31AM (#7222899)
> It takes the things that invigorate you and turns them into chores. Then it breaks both your legs. Have fun getting your chores done.

This part of your description was much better than my whole post.