"What appealed to you about programming that made you stick around for 10 years?"

Money and I had a kid to raise.

"What happened last time you were burned out and what did you do to bounce back?"

I worked too much, left my birth religion and became an atheist, got divorced and almost killed myself. I bounced back by becoming a hermit, working from home almost exclusively for the last two years and pouring all of my free time into learning (science, biology, more programming, how to make video games with modern tech), playing guitar and adjusting my sleep schedule so that I go to sleep not too long after it gets dark and I'm up before sunrise.