I too went the workaholic route. My departure came when I saw that the utter faith I had in a project was not at all shared by the Project's management. That fe

I too went the workaholic route. My departure came when I saw that the utter faith I had in a project was not at all shared by the Project's management. That feet of clay moment allowed me to gain emotional distance and maturity. Thereafter I was able to become what one of my later employees described as "the adult in the room". However, it would not have happened had I not had my technical heart broken.