I think burnout is the brains mechanism to prevent you from doing non-productive work (or at least what it perceives as non-productive) the problem is most of t

I think burnout is the brains mechanism to prevent you from doing non-productive work (or at least what it perceives as non-productive) the problem is most of the work we doing in corporate environments feels pretty non-productive. Most of my periods of burnout in tech have been due to doing a lot of work without any real perceived payoff, this might include a lot of team meetings where we discuss priorities and estimates ad nauseum or working with tools that constantly fight you. Its like playing a game over and over and never making any progress eventually your brain is smart enough to tell you that you need to avoid playing the game (or going on the same hunt). I don't know how you solve this problem but I think most managers don't even understand burn out well enough to start.