FWIW, sitting in meetings and organizing the activities of others for 80+ hours per week is every bit as mentally demanding as writing mostly bug-free productio

FWIW, sitting in meetings and organizing the activities of others for 80+ hours per week is every bit as mentally demanding as writing mostly bug-free production grade code. After a normal day, your ability to focus and fully comprehend situations as they develop rapidly drops, resulting in lower quality decision making. Heck, make that after half a day of work. Try doing two 1h back to back meetings in the morning and another two in the afternoon, every day, for weeks in a row, with you as one of the key decision makers in each and every single one of those meetings. It's fulfilling but utterly draining.