I’m very well aware of all of that - I read math books in my spare time, had a very interesting social life when I had the time for it, and had a very beautiful

I’m very well aware of all of that - I read math books in my spare time, had a very interesting social life when I had the time for it, and had a very beautiful and amazing woman in my life at the time. I had a few months shipping a project where work alone, before studying in spare time, hit about 80. I was not at a great company but was bumped up very high compared to the rest of the new grads and put at the helm of an important project for the company... it was a great career opportunity and I had to get a lot done. Working 80 hours is a bragging right only for a fool. I would do it again in a heartbeat if I owned the company, had a big slice in it, or something like that. However, aside from all of that, looking at my thoughts and actions and all that- staring at a computer screen figuring out logical patterns for 16 hours/day in a cubicle without any meetings is kinda fun- but it’s its own certain kind of madness. Would not put myself into that exact situation again.