I have a few thoughts on burnout:

1) Are you sure they ever burning to begin with?
Lots of people didn't start programming because they loved it. Lots of them started because it was a profitable field. They didn't go home and code til 3am in the first place.

2) Make sure you don't confuse burnout with shifting life priorities. I used to go home, grab some Taco Bell, then write code, compete, hack, etc. But now I go home, kiss my wife, eat dinner, and play with my kids. I'd love to code, but I had to cut a lot of that out. Don't think it was an easy realization, as I could write a novel on the topic. But I didn't burnout, I just shifted my priorities. Next step might be taking care of my parents, which will also cut into coding time. :-(

Herding Cats - Hurd and Catz. LULZ.

That's DOCTOR Who, to you, Sir!
 

Logic is a binary function. Something is in a logical set - or it is not. Being illogical is not a synonym for being mistaken. Degrees of precision are irrelevant for set inclusion. Fuzzy logic is not logic.

BTW: It is illogical to conclude that a Tomato in NOT a vegetable, simply because it belongs to a taxonomical subclass, "fruit". It as if I were to say your testicle is not animal.

Hey!

Us handsome dudes get extra rewards too. Just because we look so fucking good.

I wish I'd heard that one before, when I could have used it!

But? I'm enjoying the hell out of it now.

"I find this highly... Illogical."

BTW: What's with the adverb, Spock? A thing is in the category of logical distribution, or it is not. The presumption "Highly" is an illogical value judgement.

Spoken like someone who's never actually made money.

Mod parent up.

It's about rubbing elbows with people of influence. One good contact can easily be worth the cost of membership.

That said, I've never been a member of one, and am too close to retirement to give a crap.

Jobs pay what the market will bear. Should these people be paid more because they're working on something used by others who are wealthy? No. In fact, the jobs wouldn't exist without those wealthy people. Maybe the personality problem you spoke of is called envy.

Just my $02, but I'd have to disagree. I've heard the term used many times for people who basically have cash to burn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
The range shown is $50-600k annual household income. I'd have to agree that most of them could afford it, not that they'd want to.

Aye. And I'll raise a Mumbai Sapphire martini to that!

Thanks.

I once got regular mod points. I think if you cross an invisible "Troll" achievement threshold, you get blocked.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/cl...
"...He’ll now own 98% of the lush 141 square mile resort island..."

Or perhaps you mean the Senate seats?