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I've worked 10+ hour days for months, before, and I can do it again, but it'll cost the employer. It'll cost him in money , productivity, and goodwill. No more

I've worked 10+ hour days for months, before, and I can do it again, but it'll cost the employer. It'll cost him in money , productivity, and goodwill. No more unpaid overtime, and you'll be paying more per hour as well. I'm only flesh and blood, so after so many hours, the over time will actually be counter-productive, but I'm sure you already know that. And once the economy recovers even slightly, or as soon as I get a new offer, I'm gone. Little Chinese saying: You want a horse that's good, and you want a horse that doesn't eat grass. Can't be done, brother; at least, not for long.

ibsulon 17y ago
Honestly, it's a different thing to be in a position where a job is monitoring -- IE, 8 hours of the day are meetings, 3-4 hours a day are tracking and writing email. I can work 12 hours a day doing that because it's not that difficult. It feels like work, it is work. However, it's not banging your head against the wall on a problem, or writing documentation, or... Creative positions have a maximum output. Sometimes, I've worked more hours because the other time is taken up by meetings, and I don't burn out nearly as quickly as when I'm working to write or debug code. As such, I wonder if the hiring advice is better for sales/management.