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> He was online almost every hour of the week/day and he was always working.

It's a lot easier to be a "10x engineer" when you work 2x-3x the hours everyone else.



Not many people can do that.


Not many people choose to do that.


People can have other obligations (to family, to their own health, etc.) that preclude the choice.


Not many people can work that much in raw hours, and be as productive for each of those hours as someone who works normally are during each business hour.


Is it really? I would go net negative productivity at 2x everyone else's hours.




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