Probably because most people don't really believe these studies (assuming they've heard of them). I'm very doubtful of them myself.
It really just-so happens that the standard US workweek is the exact perfect amount? That sounds incredibly unlikely. And this is a hard thing to study, too.
Moreover, anecdotally, I know plenty of people that work more hours than this, effectively (and also some that work less!).
Re:Software Engineer, Machine Learning
by wageslaving on Friday September 15, 2017 @10:45AM
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the name of the game is leveraging explosive, unsustainable growth into a high rate of return into cheap capital into a big payday for founders
everything else is long-term
Re:Software Engineer, Machine Learning
by DevinTheDude on Friday September 15, 2017 @02:27PM
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> the name of the game is leveraging explosive, unsustainable growth into a high rate of return into cheap capital into a big payday for founders
I've come to the conclusion this is the case. Has anyone written on this?
But still, the stupid mantra from the Silicon Valley is "you have to work 80 hours to be successful"
Why are these CEO/CTO unable to comprehend studies and adopting a totally irrational position ?
https://www.inc.com/tom-popomaronis/science-says-you-shouldn... https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/26/working-more-than-50-hours-m... https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/crunc...