You should get a better job if you spend all your waking hours working. "Better than 16 hours a day" isn't a high bar.

> It doesn't make sense that tech workers would care about these things because we never get to take advantage of them.

Not all tech workers are 12-hour-a-day workaholics.

Why are you killing yourself at work?

Why would you get paid six figures as a tech worker unless you're a workaholic? If you're not putting those hours in at work, surely you're putting in those hours in for both fun and personal growth at home, right? You're passionate about code, aren't you?

...no, I'm not honestly asking that, but those are the questions I'd expect to fend off.

> ...no, I'm not honestly asking that, but those are the questions I'd expect to fend off.

I've literally never run into anything of the sort in my life, and I'm making a six figure salary.

But then again, HN is a startup crowd. Things might be different when you're obligated to keep flapping or die(1).

1: http://i.imgur.com/aNTvfaE.jpg

> Why would you get paid six figures as a tech worker unless you're a workaholic?

Because a tech worker can easily create $300-500+K per year in economic value for the company. Taking home 1/3 of that value seems perfectly reasonable.

Nothing in the above says anything about hours-in-seat.

Because I legitimately find work more stimulating and enjoyable than most other things. Which isn't to say I don't do other things I find enjoyable, but I have no qualms about working 10+ hours a day.