[hectormalot]

Exactly! My 60th hour might not be as productive as my 20th hour, but it is productive nonetheless.

Currently leading a team I see different behavior from team members working longer hours. For example, we had a conversion to do that was running into a deadline. Together with a team of 4 we worked into the evenings to get it done. 2 of them 'compensated' by being there but browsing more Reddit, the other 2 actually sat down and got the work done.

I see a lot of comments justifying the first kind of behavior, and it doesn't make sense to me. If you are not productive because you are on HN, you're doing that to yourself. At 40-60h we're in the realm of that being a choice, and then you're choosing not to be productive.

FWIW, I'm not trying to justify people working long just to show that they are there/committed. That's a terrible practice too.