[e12e]

Which kind of work did you do that wouldn't have been more effective if it was split in two (or even three) shifts (assuming it would've been possible to find qualified people to help/hire with/for the workload? How much of that time is for breaks/lunch etc? Genuinely interested in what an 18 hour work day consists of.

Personally I can absolutely see "working" long hours -- but then that'd probably be something like 6 hours effective programming/planning/implementing and 6-8 hours of studying.

Either that or doing some form of manual labour with which I'm familiar/skilled enough that slips in concentration wouldn't be damning. But even for those kinds of jobs, having three (or four) shifts to 24 hours would probably be much more effective (again, if possible).

[tslathrow]

Very often there was a crunch time around getting a deal done.

Could be an IPO, restructuring etc

That means lots of modeling and dicking around with slide decks

RE lunch: I took fewer than ten lunches away from my desk over those two years.

Generally dinner at the desk via Seamless