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Post by Bud » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 7:30 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #275

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> The reality is that some people can just do more per day than others. Is that really the reality? As far as I can tell, the reality is quite the opposite -- that sustainable levels of work across all knowledge work industries drop off a cliff past 8 hours a day, and for deep work 4 hours a day. Working on a side project after work possible for short sprints at a time, but somewhat impossible if you have an engaging…

I've personally seen it again and again with numerous people that they really can keep up a level of productivity most people only dream of for more than just 8 hours a day, consistently for most of their lives. As much as you want to believe that all humans are equal, we really are not. Either you don't want to see that reality, or you've deliberately or accidentally never ventured out enough to encounter them. In g…

Post by nearmint » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 8:34 AM UTC

frankbyte wrote: post #196

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Quite naive of you to believe Musk or Bezos worked 23 hour workdays. Even if that was remotely true, everything bears consequence. It might have "worked", but the downsides of this toxic work ethic are bound to present themselves, in the present or future. Never mind working such hours does not guarantee success. Hell, it only about guarantees poor relations and health with any chance of success a very distant second…

Well it's presented them with billionaire fortunes. That's a fact. I think it's fine for entrepreneurs like them to work however much they want, but it's not cool to put that on employees, especially if they don't have any ownership in the company. I don't buy the theory about poor relationships and long hours. I could see it going either way, especially if one was single and would otherwise spend their time at home…

Post by ramraj07 » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 8:48 AM UTC

Bud wrote: post #281

ramraj07 wrote: post #275

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I've personally seen it again and again with numerous people that they really can keep up a level of productivity most people only dream of for more than just 8 hours a day, consistently for most of their lives. As much as you want to believe that all humans are equal, we really are not. Either you don't want to see that reality, or you've deliberately or accidentally never ventured out enough to encounter them. In g…

Pretty easy to talk down at "entertainment" if you've never actually been an artist or tried to make money at it.

Post by sreejithr » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 9:17 AM UTC

TooCreative wrote: post #121

After clicking around your site a bit, I am left with a somewhat "cold" feeling of an anonymous service. As a potential customer and business partner, I would leave the site for good if I had not seen your post here on HN. For me to engage with a service, I need to know who is behind it. See their face. Their Twitter account, their Github. I would not put my data into an anonymous machine.

Post by blackrock » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 9:45 AM UTC

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Maybe it’s time that society reduces full time work hours from 40 hours per week, to 24 hours per week. 6 hours per day, 4 days per week. 24 hours per week total. Or 8 hours per day, and 3 days per week. Then you have a 4 day weekend. Anything more, is regarded as overtime. Then those that do want to get ahead, can work the remaining 16 hours on a separate job. Software automation, mechanization, and robotics, have r…

I created yet another part-time jobs website to support that idealism. https://parttime.careers I think that the part-time jobs culture today is like the remote jobs culture 15 years ago.