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by newone2three 1340 days ago
Yes, I have. I quit my job and worked on my own project for a while.

You have to be doing something you are interested in, and have full control over, so you can rediscover what programming used to be like for you.

Take things slowly, and your capacity for work and motivation will increase over time. In the beginning you will still have days where you can’t bring yourself to work, but just allow yourself those days, and eventually you will recover.

There is a section on burnout in this talk that I found helpful: https://youtu.be/CCVVLAs9mJU

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I think the bit about burnout starts at 37:30. There is a comment from animated silicon with time stamps that helps locating specific segments.