Your post is just doubling down on a few memes that are unnecessary stressors leading to burnout. >Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you.

Your post is just doubling down on a few memes that are unnecessary stressors leading to burnout. >Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you. The idea that having a negative outlook about the tech workplace is cause for professional intervention to tinker around in someones brain is exactly the kind of lopsided conventional wisdom that doesn't do anyone any good. It's OK to hate your job. Lots of jobs suck. Even jobs some people find a way to like can be miserable. Industries where it's normal for people to expect work to not be fun but have to do it anyway, they have better collective coping mechanisms than tech does. People don't feel wrong for hating their job, and don't have to be afraid to admit it when looking for support. Pedantically, yes someone suffering from burnout would benefit from talking with a therapist. But in a practical sense going after someone with "The issue is with you" for trying to have a casual talk about burnout among peers is a brutal over-reaction. >I've been in tech for far longer, I love it. We really live in the future, when I see the advances that have been made and stop and really contrast with 20yrs or even 10yrs ago, I'm very humbled. The idea that technology and/or progress in and of themselves could or should offset any of the negatives in the workplace is not only bullshit, but a really dumb thing to say to someone dealing with the stressors that lead to burnout.