> If you are X% less productive you will be able to charge X% less for your work, on average, so you would need to work longer hours for the same pay. That's m

> If you are X% less productive you will be able to charge X% less for your work, on average, so you would need to work longer hours for the same pay. That's making the huge assumption that you're willing to constantly seek your maximum pay and that you get paid solely for your measurable productivity output, which is in my experience very rarely the case. More often than not you get paid based on capabilities and responsibilities, not significantly more or less on your output. It's certainly not a direct X% less productive = X% less pay relationship. I believe it's been shown that seeking new employers is the best way to maximize pay, but that means interviews are often the difference between you and more pay, yet no one can judge future productivity in an interview. > you would shorten your life to a month at best To my knowledge, sleep dep hasn't actually killed people directly like this, they simply start sleeping.