[seagullriffic]

Burnout is a thing which should be taken more seriously by more people.

Go on holiday. At least two months. The first week you'll think you're still at work. The second week you might have some time to collect your thoughts, and plan. Then beyond that you might hopefully have the headspace to catch up on chores and life admin.

Month two is for enjoying yourself and your family.

Do the above first. Not addressing your main Q; I'm sure there are good jobs which would still hold your interest/excite you.

[cdnsteve]

This. Stop thinking about work by not working. Stop any development on your own side projects - nothing dev related.

Take time. Life is not a grind. North American culture is really bad at promoting this. Fully disconnect is the only real way to recharge, change your perspective and future plans.

[hotpotamus]

> Go on holiday. At least two months.

If the OP is US based, then this may pose an issue as I'm not aware of any employer that would allow this, and presumably his family's livelihood and health insurance is dependent on his employment. A lot of that is an assumption, but quite a common situation.

[iLoveOncall]

The employer doesn't have to allow it if OP uses FMLA.

[hotpotamus]

I've encouraged a friend to do this for reasons of burnout, but he seems to think it's not feasible. I really don't know how realistic it is. For me, getting laid off with a decent severance and then finding a nicer (not so much in the money, but I do OK enough) employer has been really helpful for my burnout, but it has taken years to really get better.

[hotnfresh]

If the startup’s too small or too distributed, may not be available. 50 employees within 75 miles or it doesn’t apply.

[alok-g]

Is there a reasonable level of confidence that this would work. Asking as a two-month holiday is significant.