Something I would like the programming world to discuss is that it isn't the best coded product that wins - technical quality rarely matters. Usually, the first

Something I would like the programming world to discuss is that it isn't the best coded product that wins - technical quality rarely matters. Usually, the first product to market wins, or the programmer who kicks out the most features as long as the features works 1) The first product to market often doesn't win. In fact I'm hard pushed to think of many examples of that being true ;-) 2) Even taking that as true - I'm not sure I follow the argument. Working longer hours != shipping earlier. If you are working past the point of optimal productivity then, in anything but the very short term, you are slowing yourself down. I've seen multiple teams ship faster by working fewer hours. I know others have too. I find it freakishly bizarre that folk don't measure their productivity and optimise for going faster rather than working longer.