You’d think that a guy this smart would know that the data not only disagrees with this, but that this rules out anyone with a family
Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot'
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#12I'm going to continue to shill for the billionaire in this instance: what's the right number of hours to work on the most important technology of our lifetime (or maybe ever)?
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#13"No amount of success at work makes up for failure at home."
I suppose 60 hours might be a good spot for someone who doesn't have a family and isn't interested in having one.
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#15I'm going to continue to shill for the billionaire in this instance: what's the right number of hours to work on the most important technology of our lifetime (or maybe ever)?
Doesn't matter what you're working on, burnout doesn't help anyone.
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#16Can I suggest an experiment? Sergey could decide to be put in a shared cube farm for 6x 10s a week and see how long he lasts. I think there's a large difference between the fatigue invoked in work that is some variant of managerial "in meetings where it's low information hot takes 80% of the time" work, and actual engineering work where drafting design documents, working on code, and context switching while waiting f…
This and take away his nannies, chauffeurs and other servants. Let his wife work a regular job too.
If you are not privileged, running a family is another 40 hour a week job.
Re: Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot'
#17Can I suggest an experiment? Sergey could decide to be put in a shared cube farm for 6x 10s a week and see how long he lasts. I think there's a large difference between the fatigue invoked in work that is some variant of managerial "in meetings where it's low information hot takes 80% of the time" work, and actual engineering work where drafting design documents, working on code, and context switching while waiting f…
I would argue that the difference is not as much in the type of activities, but rather in your ownership and control over them. When it's "your" project and you decide how to do things (at most with feedback from a handful of others whom you all know personally), then you can be extremely productive and motivated working even more than 60h/week for months.
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#18Well I'm all ears if I can get a job that I really love. Hour is not a problem. I can work 80, 100, you name it.
But until then I'm just going to work the maximum minimum that my employer is OK with.
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#19Can I suggest an experiment? Sergey could decide to be put in a shared cube farm for 6x 10s a week and see how long he lasts. I think there's a large difference between the fatigue invoked in work that is some variant of managerial "in meetings where it's low information hot takes 80% of the time" work, and actual engineering work where drafting design documents, working on code, and context switching while waiting f…
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#20I don't believe him. I'm sure forcing people to work more hours would be even sweeter for him.
It doesn't even increase productivity! These clowns do it purely as power play.