It seems like the problem isn't that people work hard, it's that people equate hard work with long hours. It's not working hard to work 12-14 (or more) hours a

It seems like the problem isn't that people work hard, it's that people equate hard work with long hours. It's not working hard to work 12-14 (or more) hours a day, that's just foolishness. Working 12+ hours a day does have the side effect of making it very unlikely that you're working on the right problem; in software, you're not adding functionality at that point, you're just dealing with the bad code and design you implemented when you were half asleep from burnout at 2am the night before. That's not getting the job done, it's putting in hours for the sake of putting in hours.