I wonder if you’ve worked in the computer business. I work in Silicon Valley as a design engineer. With the schedules that get imposed by the realities of this business - working longer hours comes with the territory.
You have to do more with less - this is a cut-throat business. No other industry in the world has reduced prices on a consistent basis over decades like the electronics industry. The way that has been achieved is by constant innovation and bloody hard work by ALL involved at all levels of the food chain.
I’ve had points in my career where I’ve had to work 50-60 hours a week for months at a time, and even a month or two at 90 hours a week because the “team” had to overcome technical problems. Nothing to do with ANYONE being incompetent or lazy. Hard problems that took time to solve.
So I take offense when you apply this wide-swath claim that anyone who works overtime must be incompetent or goofing off.
Exactly.