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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by jldugger on Sunday March 15, 2015 @05:58PM (#9208361)
> He was online almost every hour of the week/day and he was always working.

It's a lot easier to be a "10x engineer" when you work 2x-3x the hours everyone else.

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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by frozenport on Sunday March 15, 2015 @06:04PM (#9208386)
Not many people can do that.
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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by balls187 on Sunday March 15, 2015 @06:09PM (#9208412)
Not many people choose to do that.
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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by kranner on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:22PM (#9209627)
People can have other obligations (to family, to their own health, etc.) that preclude the choice.
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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by Dewie on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:01PM (#9209551)
Not many people can work that much in raw hours, and be as productive for each of those hours as someone who works normally are during each business hour.
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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by arjie on Monday March 16, 2015 @12:21AM (#9209843)
Is it really? I would go net negative productivity at 2x everyone else's hours.
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