[mentos]

The burnout I'm struggle with is cognitive fatigue. I love programming but find my mind can only handle so many hours. Answer is simple, take some time off and exercise but easier said than done.

I always thought this is what people referred to when they spoke about burnout?

[michaelchisari]

> I love programming but find my mind can only handle so many hours.

I think coders in general are useless outside of a 7 hour window of programming. Sure, there's exceptions. Crunch time or when you're particularly inspired.

But my experience is that any place that insists on 9+ hour days is really just encouraging their developers to "veg out" for those hours past the healthy 7 hours.

[goda90]

What I've heard is that when someone is worked overtime they always end up working under time too, whether they are sitting at work or not.

[tim333]

Usually people are talking about this stuff instead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_burnout