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At age 30 I worked 90 hr/s week for almost 5 months in my startup, then wound up in the hospital with the Flu. At my last job before retiring this year I worked 50 hrs/week minimum (sometimes 7 days a week for months in the past 5+ years) and I was still able to be successful, but I could see that at 63 I could no longer sustain that kind of pace without increasing my risk of dying. So I retired although I certainly could have worked for many years still (my employer was upset that I retired), but what's the point of killing yourself for someone else's benefit? I am in good shape, don't smoke or drink or do stupid things, but too much work can still get you—I am now older that every male in my dads side of the family got to be (they all died early or suffered massive strokes).