Ask HN: Have You Burned Out?
I am looking to discuss / talk to people who have burned out, whether or not you feel you've recovered. I just got turned down for another job and I am at the end of my mental and emotional rope. Tomorrow I have a second interview at a local retail store. I've been a web developer or software engineer for a decade but increasingly painful failures have ruined me as a person and I am lost and without purpose in life. I think I just need to give up on software, I no longer feel welcome or wanted. I have read that burnout can take up to five years to be resolved, I'm about in year three at this point. It's kinda like a recession you can't see it coming but looking back its easier to see when it started and its root causes. Even with resources (supportive wife, limited family, therapist) recovery is slow, difficult, confusing and not a straight path. I need a jo
Why it failed
I am looking to discuss / talk to people who have burned out, whether or not you feel you've recovered. I just got turned down for another job and I am at the end of my mental and emotional rope. Tomorrow I have a second interview at a local retail store. I've been
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- dirtybirdnj
- Ended
- 2022
- Source
- hackernews