This isn't advice for everyone - not that the author said it was, of course. But it probably makes sense for the top percentiles. We say the best programmers a

This isn't advice for everyone - not that the author said it was, of course. But it probably makes sense for the top percentiles. We say the best programmers are 10x better than the worst, right? But they don't get paid 10x as much. If you're in the 10x ability club (or you think you are) you should be looking for ways to get paid on how productive you are, not on how many hours you put in. You can't change the number of hours in the day, but you can always find ways to boost your productivity. If you can set up ten web sites in the time it takes someone else to set up one, you need to start getting paid per site, not per hour. When you get paid per hour, every increase in productivity goes into your boss' pocket. When you get paid per project or per work unit, productivity gains go into your pocket.