I strongly suspect one of the important reasons for burnout is because of doing work without a strong purpose. And the problem is, software is rarely created fo

I strongly suspect one of the important reasons for burnout is because of doing work without a strong purpose. And the problem is, software is rarely created for a greater good. You can see people who work in charity for chump change can go on for hours of work day after day for years without burning out because they gain energy from the work due to their strong alignment with the purpose, on other hand people who work without a strong alignment of purpose do work as transactional that drains energy and burns people out.