[marcelo_lebre]

Everything we do professionally can be a recipe for burnout. We also have strong policies to prevent it but that's another topic altogether.

A "short-ish" article written in an afternoon has no hopes of being a tablet of truth, just some anecdotal examples and ideas I've experienced over the years.

I fundamentally agree with the "Be human..." part, that's all you need if common sense is common around your workplace. Unfortunately it often isn't and you need to offset the unbalance to find equilibrium.