Ask HN: Anyone Else Burnt Out?

10 points | by lmpdev 11 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • markmatsushima 4 hours ago ago

    When an LLM read a lengthy log and source code and found a bug in seconds, I felt useless and burnt out. It is strange that I feel the same tiredness as when I finish a project that takes a week by hand, even when it is done with an LLM in a day of conversation.

  • paulcole 21 minutes ago ago

    You have to define what burnt out means to you.

    The WHO has a very specific definition of it but it seems like everyone has their own personal definition which leads to a lot of unproductive conversations which are just complaining about work.

  • nickdodd 11 hours ago ago

    It's definitely a chore to keep up. I work a full time job in manufacturing, run my own VPS hosting business from my house and a salon on the side too. Burnout is my middle name, especially in the age of AI where more happens in 1 month than used to happen in a year in the early 2000s. Learning jQuery seemed like a lot to take on back then, now every language and solution has a framework to bolt onto it. I'm only just learning go