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178 points rawgabbit | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 04:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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Culonavirus ◴[18 Nov 24 05:25 UTC] No.42169929[source]▶
Funny seeing a post about these as that's what I was recently reminded of when reading this post:

https://x.com/DOGE/status/1857076831104434289

("80+ hours per week" ... what kind of a psycho even writes this down and puts it out there as if it was normal in any way...)

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a13n ◴[18 Nov 24 05:34 UTC] No.42169974[source]▶
pretty normal in banking/consulting fields. not sure they write it in the job listing though.
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lumost ◴[18 Nov 24 05:47 UTC] No.42170024[source]▶
80 hours is mostly a lie for folks experienced enough to have families. What becomes more common is 80+ hours of “I’m responsive whenever I’m asked.”
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alephnerd ◴[18 Nov 24 12:52 UTC] No.42171905[source]▶
> mostly a lie for folks experienced enough to have families

Surviving to that level is HARD. Most Junior Analysts in the IB and Consulting World flame out and exit the industry within 2-3 years.

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1. lumost ◴[18 Nov 24 14:01 UTC] No.42172329[source]▶
Aye - it’s similar across most high end tech work. At the same time, most people in those positions have 5+ years of experience. Most studies show that such people maintain a lie about how much they are working.
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2. alephnerd ◴[18 Nov 24 15:03 UTC] No.42172925[source]▶
> most high end tech work

It isn't. New Grad SWEs work at most 50 hours a week and VPs tend to work around 50-60 hours a week tops.

IB and Consulting have notoriously horrid work cultures because there are few roles but plenty of demand.