[rudolftheone]

That sounds less like “70-hour weeks” and more like admitting only ~30 of those hours matter - everything else is vibes and calendar theater. Which kind of proves the point: forced 996 optimizes for visible suffering, not actual output or upside.

[ej88]

i would disagree with your dismissal of it as theatre. it's not forced, and it would probably be worse if I skipped those meetings :). meeting customers is not the same mental load as focused coding but it's still work that needs to be done