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Discussion on: You don't need to work long hours to succeed as a developer

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Rolf Streefkerk

Elon Musk is not an exception, him sleeping on the factory floor to get those cars out. That is high performance and guys that are on his level all work crazy hours.

What you're mentioning is leveraging other people's time, which you can do if you can pay them a salary to do it. You first must have the money acquired to do so and even then, that doesn't stop the work.

It's effort that makes the difference not so much intelligence.

You don't have to believe me, look up guys like Dan Pena and Dan Lok (popular these days). There are plenty of other examples out there.

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xurei

I believe we don't use the same definition of success here.
I'm referring to having a comfortable income, being happy with your job and your relationships. You seem to be referring to "being at the top".

With your definition, I would agree with you. Although I think mine fits better with the article here.

I'm not talking about leveraging people's time (which is actually what Elon, Steve and Dans do BTW).
I'm talking about being clever enough to optimize / automate your job, so you can do more with less time. Sharpening the saw.