I remember being so driven and hungry in my early career as a programmer. I worked long hours by my own volition. Weekends and even holidays. This lasted from m

I remember being so driven and hungry in my early career as a programmer. I worked long hours by my own volition. Weekends and even holidays. This lasted from my first job out of college until my early 30s. I remember the end very distinctly. I was at the office, slouched in my chair, staring off. I had been through a lot of product failures, but this was different. We had just retired a product whose success came just as fast as its decline. Many people quit or were let go. A feeling came over me suddenly of giving up, completely. It was uncanny. I quit two months later and took a year off. Ever since then, burnout seems to come a lot quicker if I don't disconnect, and I don't think I ever recovered mentally. That was the peak, I guess.