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Re:Jack Dorsey does 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Square daily by phren0logy on Monday November 14, 2011 @11:21AM (#3234530)
I did 80+ hours per week for years in medical school, residency, and fellowship. Many people in medicine make a career of it. It's not as unusual as you think. There is certainly a fair argument to be made that it's not particularly healthy or a good idea, but I can assure you that for some people it's quite sustainable.
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Re:Jack Dorsey does 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Square daily by rsynnott on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @06:42AM (#3237886)
> I did 80+ hours per week for years in medical school, residency, and fellowship. Many people in medicine make a career of it. It's not as unusual as you think.

Possibly a bad example; in most developed countries the medical professions have amongst the highest rates of depression, suicide and divorce.

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Re:Jack Dorsey does 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Square daily by iodave on Monday November 14, 2011 @09:52PM (#3236766)
Good point. And if you look at the folks working in banking and management consulting, they'd laugh at the concept of a 9-5. 80+ hours / week is not that much of an outlier.
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