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I think of the time someone can work steadily without problem as a normal distribution. 80% can do 40 hours. 20% can do 60 hours. 5% can do 80 hours. 1% can
by std_throwaway 10y ago
I think of the time someone can work steadily without problem as a normal distribution.
80% can do 40 hours.
20% can do 60 hours.
5% can do 80 hours.
1% can do 100 hours.
There are people who struggle to do 40 hours of quality work and there are people who can work all the time with very little sleep. Neither proves anything about the other.
- k__ 10y agoI don't understand how people can work more than 100h a week. I mean, there are just 168h in every week and I sleep about 70 of them. I could probably go with 60 if I wanted, but that still just leaves ~1h per day for non-work related tasks. Maybe these people are counting their breaks and when they're sitting on the toilet thinking about a problem. If this is the case, I would get to >80h work a week too.
- josephmx 10y agoYou sleep 10 hours a night?
- k__ 10y agoOn average, I think. But this also covers the hours I'm laying in bed and try to fall asleep.
- edblarney 10y ago"I don't understand how people can work more than 100h a week." It works like this: they are always working. Basically anything they do that is not 'work' is a 'break'. So food, gym, maybe watching a film. That's literally in their view a 'break' from working. I know people like this - and I go into this mode myself sometimes. Your default behaviour is to be 'working'. That's what waking hours are for. Mind you 'reading HN' probably counts basically as 'work' in their minds, similarly reading the news.
- antisthenes 10y agoGuess I'm one of the unlucky ones on the other side of the distribution.