One of my favorite HN discussions on burnout pointed out the prevailing form of burnout that arises from relentless overworking and burnout are rooted in the sa

One of my favorite HN discussions on burnout pointed out the prevailing form of burnout that arises from relentless overworking and burnout are rooted in the same cause: when effort becomes decoupled from reward: > What causes burnout is if the effort-reward cycle misses (either repeatedly for small efforts, or if you put in a lot of effort and have a categorical miss) > Reward could be anything. The feeling of a job well done (easy to miss if the project is a failure, or if management pivots), it could be the expectation of career advancement, it could be soft recognition by peers... And is dependent on the individual and project. You could even have an outward success and a pay raise but if you wanted your peers to love you and they didn't.... Burnout. You could even have an easy and unpressured job and burn out if it's not providing the rewards you expect. > In any case the disconnect between effort and reward teaches your brain to associate effort with failure and the fact that the common. "take a break" advice failed for you should not be surprising, because I think that doesn't work in general: it doesn't reassociate effort with expected reward. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31250995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31250995