Long hours often die out when the compensation (i.e. share options) dries up. I started off working 80+ hours a week, as did many of the others, and loved it.

Long hours often die out when the compensation (i.e. share options) dries up. I started off working 80+ hours a week, as did many of the others, and loved it. We all did pretty nicely out of it thanks to share options. But 10 years later, post acquisition(s), and most people who are still here have families and more life outside work. I work part time so I have a day with my daughter and I officially work 33 hours a week, in a "long" week I maybe work 35 hours and I rarely ever take my laptop home. It's all helped me to be a lot more focused in the relatively short time I am at work. I guess a lot of it is about experience and, as the saying goes, "Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."