I've worked with people who have this mindset. Their work product definitely shows that more isn't better. They had higher defect ratios and in general lower output per hour. With one exception, they were trying to make up for being less productive by spending more time creating the appearance of work rather than taking time out to recharge and doing better work in the same hours as others.

This pattern doesn't make you a hero, it makes you a liability.

It's also unsustainable over the long term. Someone might be able to slog through cranking out code in a rush — most notably, creative / thoughtful work takes a big decline here, although the person crunching usually doesn't recognize it at the time — but it ends up creating silos nobody else understands, and that becomes critical when they either burn out or suffer medical issues from working too hard. If nothing else, 80 hour weeks mean your physical health is probably headed downwards.

A lot of people say they won't do that but … it inevitably happens and then they are in a bad plus, usually learn that the company won't put anywhere near as much effort into protecting them, and that unbalanced lifestyle means they don't have much else to fall back on.

> and the output and results definitely show.

I hope you're working for yourself or in a direct commission/profit sharing position. If you aren't, you should take that tenacity and apply it somewhere that'll benefit yourself.

Do you mind expanding on what you’re doing day-to-day? How many of those hours are actually productive? Are you on any drugs to help you keep your energy up and/or sleep? How many hours do you sleep, on average? Do you have any social life, or anything else going on outside of work?

So you average ~11.5 hours every single day, not a single minute is unproductive, and you’re not on any amphetamines or the like (not that they would necessarily make that possible)?

I’m sorry but you have to forgive me for doubting this. I have never met or heard of anyone with that kind of stamina.

He's a major fuckup and cokehead. Take everything he says with a winter's road crew pile of salt.

And? What does that have to do with changing what qualifies as a full time job?

Is this a troll?

I believe this is Andrew Lee, the guy that "bought freenode", with all the drama that ensued. This has been discussed heavily here, eg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27153338