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What makes you think that you do? I too once worked at a defense contractor, I just didn't let their billed hours == productivity myth infect my thinking. I'm i
by krschultz 14y ago
What makes you think that you do? I too once worked at a defense contractor, I just didn't let their billed hours == productivity myth infect my thinking. I'm in my second serious startup and neither did the startup grind and both were doing amazing work. Roughly 50 hours a week is the norm which is hardly unsustainable.
Meanwhile my girlfriend and two of my best friends work at a 3 different startups doing the total grind 70+ hour/week schedule, and their results do not seem better. In a lot of ways those companies are doing worse because they are super focused on working harder not working smarter.
- vonmoltke 14y ago> I too once worked at a defense contractor, I just didn't let their billed hours == productivity myth infect my thinking. Count me in this group as well, though what contractor did you work for where you actually billed all your hours worked? The place I was at previously only allowed us (and required us) to bill 40 hours per week unless otherwise authorized. Such authorization was a rare occurrence. There was still significant pressure to work 50+ per week, though. The attitude there was this weird mix of "if you don't do this you aren't loyal and committed" and "you should be lucky you have a job in this economy".