I personally think it’s not “normal” in this century to work so many hours a week especially for someone who reads/posts on HN. If you’re referring to whether i

I personally think it’s not “normal” in this century to work so many hours a week especially for someone who reads/posts on HN. If you’re referring to whether it’s “common”, that depends on which industry, country, company you’re in and the kind of work you’re doing. For some professions (like lawyers in certain countries or doctors almost everywhere), 80-100 hour weeks are common. If you’re in tech and you’re not automating your tasks as much as possible, then you need to dig deeper on doing that. Even if you’re not in tech but you use computing technology for work, you should look at ways to avoid repetitive manual work.