I've been tracking burnout signals from engineers daily via Recharge (rechargedaily.co) and recently ran a broader survey. A few findings that surprised me:
Average burnout score across respondents: 7.4/10 71% have been feeling burned out for 6+ months 68% say their manager doesn't know AI pressure to do more came up as a top 4 driver — a finding that didn't exist in surveys 2 years ago
The AI finding is what I'd love to hear HN's take on. Are you feeling pressure to do significantly more because AI tools exist? Is that landing as relief or as additional stress? Anonymous 3-min survey if you want to add your data: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdu-1Sa6oPvhDtFtBuKEgeQ-xIUMTjGdtfRwVLJGibhJUAmOg/viewform Live results published publicly: https://rechargedaily.co/state-of-burnout-2026
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