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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by new_hackers on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:09PM (#12455519)
This.

I've found the need to be a 60+ hour hero means that you don't really know what you are doing.

The guy who goes home early on Fridays, that is the guy who knows his stuff.

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by minipci1321 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:23PM (#12456392)
> means that you don't really know what you are doing.

Or spending too much time in the calls instead of doing the damn thing. Or counting handling the email client as work hours.

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