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858 I’m 34 and I just realized I’ve been performing competence at work for seven years because somewhere along the way I confused being impressive with being safe, and the exhaustion I thought was burnout was actually the weight of never once letting anyone see me learn something for the first time.

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Daniel Voss @ Silicon Canals · 04/01/2026 05:36 EDT

I’m 34 and I just realized I’ve been performing competence at work for seven years because somewhere along the way I confused being impressive with being safe, and the exhaustion I thought was burnout was actually the weight of never once letting anyone see me learn something for the first time.

Performing competence at work can look like professionalism, but when it becomes a defence mechanism against being seen learning, the exhaustion it produces isn't burnout — it's the physiological cost of maintaining a persona that never pauses.

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