Burnout Is Real
I don’t know how to frame this well and I apologize in advance.<p>But I think this idea of “oh wow burnout is real I’m so woke” is a privileged person problem. I don’t mean that burnout is a first world problem, but that this “Burnout is real” is.<p>I struggle to put my head in a place where I can be amazed that burnout is real and that I have to warn others of this “thing” as if it’s not part of millions of people’s lives all around. You must have had a really really privileged life to not have seen that someone who couldn’t afford college and took whatever job they could get without a degree has probably been burnt out for a long time. Or that maybe that lady working retail at Marshall’s is burnt out too, but they don’t have a choice. They are not going to be able to take a year off, or go do their hobby. They probably don’t even have money for a hobby.<p>To tell these people “Guys, guys, burnout is real! I saw it!” gets me to roll my eyes a little.<p>I understand most readers here are in tech and well paid and perhaps in that same position, but I had to point this out to share some perspective.