Agreed, I do get the feeling there's a lot more underlying the author's problems than "just" extreme burnout at a deskjob. Software has been a relatively high leverage career path in the last decade; surely there were other paths he could have taken before hitting an absolute wall.

As other commenters have pointed out, this does seem like going from one extreme to another - especially once religion gets involved.

I wish Dylan well, though I do hope some deeper, more moderate self reflection takes place at some point.