Jiro comments on Persistent Idealism - Less Wrong
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Define "burnout". It sounds like this means "has a psychological aversion to continuing to give"--but if that's what it means, then someone who gives ten dollars a year and is psychologically unwilling to increase this amount could be described as already burned out at higher values, which I'm pretty sure is not your intention.
I'd read it as a loss of motivation to the extent of making it hard or impossible to keep doing that demanding, high-paying job that you're doing so you can have more to give. Happens to plenty of people in demanding jobs even if they're giving nothing.