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Amount of value being created and number of hours being put in is not neccessarily proportional, even if the people in question have similar skill level (or are
by senko 10y ago
Amount of value being created and number of hours being put in is not neccessarily proportional, even if the people in question have similar skill level (or are actually the same guy/girl). What you do, what you don't do, where you decide to cut corners, and where you decide to go full in, counts as much as raw effort and skill.
Now, if everyone would make ideal strategic choices and the whole thing would be a zero-sum game, then I'd agree with you, the ones that put in more time would reap more benefit. But looking around me (admittedly, far away from SV, in a backwater Eastern European country), that doesn't look to be the case.
Quick count, how many of you (us) are reading HN and counting that in work time?
- TheOtherHobbes 10y agoOf course. Mayer's quote is a vapid corporate platitude. Hours have no correlation to value. What really creates value is smart, prophetic strategy and effective management. Hours are a resource guided by strategy and management, not an end in themselves. If your strategy is clueless and your management is intrusive, all you're doing is wasting everyone's time - and 80 hour weeks won't help you.