[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
Hang around the free and open source software community
for any length of time, and you can’t help seeing examples of
burnout. A colleague takes on too much, and suddenly they’re
working harder for fewer results.They have a hard time concentrating on their work. They neglect
their personal life. When challenged, they become defense and
unusually hostile. Eventually, they withdraw — and, sometimes,
they don’t come back.Burnout isn’t unique to the Linux community, of course. However,
at times, the problem can seem almost epidemic in the community,
and people seem reluctant to talk about it publicly.