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by reducesuffering 2027 days ago
> You can't keep up with people that work harder than you

Hmm. In history, I think this also applied to workers' advocacy of the 40 hour work week.

"Don't blame others you can't do your 70 hour work week. There's plenty of others we have to replace you if you won't."

Regulation was the developed world's answer to a race to the bottom.

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Your employer isn't forcing you to do 70hr weeks, plenty of people put in their 40hrs and go home and do just fine if that's what you wish.

The people who work 70hrs a week are people who are ambitious and want to get ahead in their careers - this isn't limited to immigrants in any way, plenty of Americans do this as well and you see this in other high paying fields - Law, Finance, Consulting, Medicine - for some reason programmers are the ones that complain despite being paid equally well.