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What Happened to Lee

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1298 points jgrahamc | 2 comments | 15 Apr 20 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
1. garganzol ◴[15 Apr 20 18:14 UTC] No.22881072[source]▶
Could it be that Lee's productivity frenzy eventually led to this disease?

I tend to practice the same style of getting things done during crunch time. I have the same behavior afterwards. Sometimes I can sleep a few days in a row after making a software release. And yes, taking a vacation with my girlfriend sometimes took the same shape: she was running circles in a new city while I was chilling at the hotel room trying to enjoy a few rare moments of rest.

Reading the whole story rang a few bells to me.

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2. thephyber ◴[15 Apr 20 23:02 UTC] No.22884178[source]▶
Second had information from Lee's doctors suggest that there's a genetic component.

From what I remember, he was also born prematurely and spent weeks in a NICU.

Also worth noting that the disease didn't ease up after he stopped working, so the suggestion that "working less" might have avoided it is not clear.