There's no absolute good or bad when it comes to work expectations. Investment bankers work 60+ hrs/wk and make $200K a year and get massive bonuses. Most of

There's no absolute good or bad when it comes to work expectations. Investment bankers work 60+ hrs/wk and make $200K a year and get massive bonuses. Most of them are mercenaries who will go wherever they can get the best comp, because what they're selling is the opportunity for the bank to generate profit from their ideas/network whatever. (Please try to read the previous without getting wound around the axle about financiers moral value.) So, to the extent that you view yourself in the business of "selling value I create," then a few things follow... 1) you'll want highly measurable criteria for success, 2) you'll want comp that is highly meritocratic, and 3) and hours worked don't matter much at all. Clearly, this post was geared to people who view themselves as being in the business of selling their time, not their value.