> I work in AI research in the Bay Area where hustle culture is strong. Is it? My experience was that it was just all about optics there - 12 hours of "work"

> I work in AI research in the Bay Area where hustle culture is strong. Is it? My experience was that it was just all about optics there - 12 hours of "work" but 8 of it is coffee breaks, long lunches, nebulous and unnecessary arch design fitting in tech that makes no sense to have there but that people just wanted to play with...