I’ve experienced burn out before in my previous career, but never experienced very bad symptoms like the lady in this article did.
Anecdotally, I believe burnout is more likely when you work on a job that only cares about profits, or is not fulfilling in some meaningful way. I personally couldn’t work at most of the software companies out there. Why would I want to work for some ad company, or some company that makes meaningless apps / programs that doesn’t benefit humanity?
Sure, on a knowledge scale, some of that might be rewarding for me. But I wouldn’t last more than six months in a company like that.
I’ve experienced burn out before in my previous career, but never experienced very bad symptoms like the lady in this article did.
Anecdotally, I believe burnout is more likely when you work on a job that only cares about profits, or is not fulfilling in some meaningful way. I personally couldn’t work at most of the software companies out there. Why would I want to work for some ad company, or some company that makes meaningless apps / programs that doesn’t benefit humanity?
Sure, on a knowledge scale, some of that might be rewarding for me. But I wouldn’t last more than six months in a company like that.