>>10x is shorthand for "as important to the business as an executive" This is very true. Another thing is lack of a clear purpose. To wake up every morning and

>>10x is shorthand for "as important to the business as an executive" This is very true. Another thing is lack of a clear purpose. To wake up every morning and to fix bugs day after day, without any higher or a coherent goal to chase demotivates people badly. The only other thing I which causes burn out I know of is lack of meaningful rewards. To know that there so much politics around and you are being treated unfairly. And you are failing repeatedly for reasons beyond your control. I don't know of one single person worth I know of who can't handle a lot of work or can't take long working hours. But at least give us a cause worth fighting for.