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'Burnout' tends to imply overwork, but that doesn't sound like the case here; OP states they are doing the minimum amount of work to get by.

IME, boredom at a particular job coupled with a genuine interest in programming in general tends to result in finding a more interesting job or more time spent on side/personal projects. But that's not what I'm getting from OP's description.

Sometimes people are very reluctant to ask fundamental questions of themselves, like 'is this really what I want to be doing with my life?', especially when they have a lot invested in the status quo. So to me this sounds like the kind of problem where the first step is sufficient understanding of oneself.



True, although btw you can be burned out outside of work as well.




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