Im not in a burn out phase but Ive been doing this long enough where the "work" really seems like an imaginary construct of my employer. I dont even relate the software development shop I work in to software anymore. I have a friend who describes it as "taking out the complicated trash". Thats close. But software development hasnt been a respectable career in a while.

Anyway, nothing has changed for me, except that I dont have to deal with google search results anymore for things. When the LLM gets stuck I do still go out there. But its rare.

Nothing has changed in the way I do my job, except having to put up with slop from people around me, or from business people pushing slop towards the dev team and wanting a pat on the back for it. That part has changed for the worse.

The complete willingness to traffic in nonsensical documentation that doesnt represent any real requirements as an excuse for doing a job is pretty sad, and I take note of who does it and I make sure to never trust anything they publish. And usually stop reading it.

I call it "crossing over", once I see someone do it and replace their work product with LLM slop and distribute it, they have created a barrier that will prevent me from working with them forever.