And not to be discounted, all those prideful references to long days and late nights: another symptom of bad planning and management. It also puts a bunch of p

And not to be discounted, all those prideful references to long days and late nights: another symptom of bad planning and management. It also puts a bunch of people who have actual life commitments (like kids, health issues, family issues or whatever else) at a disadvantage simply because somebody can afford to spend the extra time on something. And if those are the people who properly plan and execute, they get a double whammy. The moral of the story should not be that when there is an opportunity to make a significant contribution by exchanging your life for your work you do that, but that you should be able to excel at work and be recognized for it without exchanging your life for it. Sure, the author of the post does not have anything to do with most of the management failures, except the failure to not work extra hours for a very artificial deadline (one does not need a hero to save face if you've messed up yourself — exposing the failure is usually a net win).