Seconded. What I notice most when I'm on the verge of burnout is a lack of capacity for stress. Say when something breaks first thing in the morning - under normal circumstances, it's cause for some grumbling and maybe frustration at the time taken out of your day. When burnout is at hand, I'm just out of my mind. I don't have the tolerance for even the minor stressors, and nowhere close to my normal patience for the slow, thoughtful work necessary for top performance.
Burn out - for me - means a shorter temper and less productivity.
Apparently blaming other people (in my case for 'not pulling their weight') is actually one of the clinical symptoms of (upcoming) burnout.
Re:How to Burn Out Programming
by invalidOrTaken on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @05:03AM
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Or the reverse: a total lack of impact. "Broken. How about that."
That's ignoring the random bouts of crying for no particular reason and things like that, because I'm pretty sure they're unique to each individual.