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Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by brlewis on Thursday October 25, 2007 @01:31PM (#72584)
I think spending more than 40 hours per week programming is unproductive, because of the mental exertion, but there's a lot more to launching a successful startup than programming.

Once you've expanded to the point where you have people who only program, Joel's advice is probably good: "encourage your staff to work a sane 40 hours per week" except for occasional bursts.

Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by ntoshev on Thursday October 25, 2007 @03:49PM (#72633)
I find switching between programming and "business" tasks even harder than programming for many hours straight.
Re:Joel: Five Easy Ways to Fail (in a Software Project) by brianr on Monday October 29, 2007 @09:15AM (#73765)
Me too. I'm much more productive when I can focus on just one kind of task.