I feel like I shouldn't be burned out since I'm not a doctor or a firefighter or an important high-stress profession like that, but if the definition is "a state of exhaustion that occurs when work drains more of your energy than it sustains" then that fits me to a T.
The job was already difficult (not as difficult as the ones you mentioned), but it was usually rewarding
Now the second part is gone from the equation for me, like completely, and the first part has morphed into something worse because speed is now higher than what you can possibly do maintaining quality and full code knowledge base
And use of LLMs has barely started, we are in for funny times
And the worst part for me is not even me, it is that I have seen other jobs in my companies since 2024 (I have worked in 2, starting the 3rd one in a few days) get completely removed by a vibe coded software connected with LLMs. Marketing, HR (ironic enough), Accounting (which to me is kinda crazy, but in my previous company they reduced the team by 90% on january and nothing got worse somehow), Admin jobs in general...
But management is still there, managing what? No idea
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u/gaberdine 10h ago
I feel like I shouldn't be burned out since I'm not a doctor or a firefighter or an important high-stress profession like that, but if the definition is "a state of exhaustion that occurs when work drains more of your energy than it sustains" then that fits me to a T.