[maximus-decimus]

You could. You just couldn't while having a healthy amount of sleep or a life beside work. And unless the person is on drugs, I just don't believe they are actually productive 16 hours a day.

[mstipetic]

Most software engineers don’t work fully productive 8 hours a day. In my experience I’d say maybe 2-4

[rosndo]

You don’t need to be productive for 8 hours a day in order to collect a paycheck. Often not for even a single hour.