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Re:Cutting your salary by 40% by CSMastermind on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:24AM (#15275656)
In my experience, the amount of workload you can handle is highly dependant on the person though everyone will see some diminishing returns after working a few hours straight.

The people who pull 70+ hour weeks successfully tend to have an abnormally high tolerance to stress as well as an abnormally high 'drive'. I'd be willing to bet there's a genetic component.

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Re:Cutting your salary by 40% by rsynnott on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:37AM (#15275773)
> The people who pull 70+ hour weeks successfully tend to have an abnormally high tolerance to stress as well as an abnormally high 'drive'. I'd be willing to bet there's a genetic component.

Or else they're just killing themselves. I'd be interested to see how they do in the long-term.

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