[jessyco]

I don't feel that burnt out is coming from the coding, it's coming from the business side of things. When you're not aligned with the same goals or expected quality of work it'll slowly chip away at your mental fortitude.

Finding balance isn't something that is taught in school, in courses or in the professional setting. At least it hasn't been in my experiences.

It's taken me burning out and slowly and still recovering to find a balance I'm comfortable with. I code on weekends for fun sometimes but the project has to light that fire of inspiration otherwise it's just not worth it anymore.

That has been my experience post burnout anyway. If you're becoming cynical of your job role, or people you work with take a step back and check yourself for signs of burnout.. Change jobs and effort levels and find something you align with more.

[zoomablemind]

One of the factors of burning out is a lack of control over the pipeline, that is over the contents, speed, and quality of what flows in and out.

So the weekend coding is an example of the opposite - having control over the choices, owning your time and inspiration.

Well, some degree of OCD likely is another factor in the burnout and the weekend coding just manifests this OCD.

Managing the high degree of complexity while being constrained by time by itself has a huge toll in the burning out.