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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by tuesday20 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:00PM (#23212840)
This seems more in certain cultures than others - American and Japanese from my anecdotal experience. I worked with Europeans (French especially), they don’t seem to wear long hours as a badge of honor.

My American boss regularly feels proud that he puts in 12-14 hour days. In my opinion, that amount of hours makes sense if I am working on my own business or something that truly benefits humanity (like a vaccine for COVID-19 for example). It is hard to do good work more than 6-7 hours per day anyway and much harder to sustain it for long periods of time

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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by esotericn on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:46PM (#23214229)
Right. In large parts of Europe it's pretty much the opposite.

If you have a job that's ultimately pointless, then you want to work as little as possible so that you have time for leisure and/or useful work.

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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by CalRobert on Sunday May 17, 2020 @06:30PM (#23216108)
Indeed, it's why I emigrated.
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