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by Retric 5172 days ago
The problem with working more hours has nothing to do with getting stuff done. The most productive code is code you don't write which you don't need to test, debug, deploy, or maintain. I have worked half as long as someone else, I produced 1/3 the code, and 1/6th the bugs. Eventually he left and I re-implemented some of their systems in 1/4th the time.

We had similar backgrounds and he was intelligent and capable, but nobody is thinking strait after an 11+ hour day. And once you start falling behind there is this tendency to either work on meaningless crap to feel productive or add just one more hack for an edge case to close out some, bug you don't really understand.