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The finance industry, particularly around the front desk, is notorious for freakishly long working hours. I don't work in that industry, but friends that do spe
by shubb 12y ago
The finance industry, particularly around the front desk, is notorious for freakishly long working hours. I don't work in that industry, but friends that do speak of 100+ hour work weeks, with 80 hours considered normal in some workplaces.
As outlined in the post, that way of working, doesn't (shouldn't) work. Especially when the code produced, or in the case of traders decisions made, might lose vast amounts of money due to a single mistake.
I'm curious, if anyone here works in that kind of an environment - How does this work? Are these numbers exaggerated? Are you all on stimulants? Do you see the kind of creeping errors and codebase decay one might expect?
- barrkel 12y agoAFAIK it's more about signalling - demonstrating commitment to your peers and superiors. Not in that industry, but working at a startup founded by two ex banking (albeit software) guys. A little bit of the culture has come along for the ride.
- jarek 12y agoAbsolutely - finance uses hours the same way software uses open-source projects created in your spare time. "Passion", "culture fit", etc
- watwut 12y agoPeople I knew that worked that much, used to spend a lot of time blankly staring at screen or chatting about weather after few weeks. The rest and socialization they were missing out of work somehow creeped into work. I do not think they were aware of the effect, it is just that everything took them somewhat longer time.