[ilaksh]

If that's your definition of 'burnt out', join the club of just about everyone with a job ever. Although most won't admit it. Working for other people does suck and yes it is inherently unfair. Despite all of the progress we've made, there are still some fundamental aspects of the average human condition that are not so great.

At least it's better than it used to be. Used to be quite common for people to work for zero dollars or very close to zero. In other words outright slavery.

But yes, it absolutely is a goal for most businesses to just use their employees to make as much money as possible, while the owners take in as much cash as possible for as little work as possible. That it the reality and it is quite unfair.

It is confusing as a young person when everyone accepts this situation and won't complain about it. But you will learn, complaining about a common problem will often just make you a target. Even if it's a common problem that other people could use help with. Get with the program -- pretend you are a happy little worker and shut up.

The solution is to get yourself into the ownership class, either by actually building a business or some social manipulation (easiest is to convince someone who likes you to give you money to invest in your idea). Then it is your job to pay as little as possible and get the most out of your employees so that your friends can get the most out of their investment.

[brudgers]

A young person who has heavily invested in an activity throughout their youth discovering that the activity is no longer pleasant and enjoyable when performed at some higher level is actually and exactly what burnout looks like.

Burnout is realizing that "this thing that once energized me, now makes me unhappy." It's not the same as the apathy of just going to a job to pay for a data plan. Or the same as a bad job which was bad the first day.