[hkmurakami]

The article addresses lawyers, consultants, and analysts, and later brings up an anecdote involving law firm associates.

Of course these people work long hours -- they have an incentive to do so, as they wisely learn that they must at least put up the facade of working long hours, else they will be passed up for promotion and eventual partnership.

[endersshadow]

The other incentive, of course, is that most of them earn revenue by the hour.

[malachismith]

Earn for their employers. Yes. Earn for themselves? Not so much.