[frombody]

His personality really comes out in this statement:

and will drop by the office occasionally, saying he plans to be in the Bay Area "on a regular basis" as travel restrictions ease.

Anyone who thinks they can jump this many time zones 'regularly' and be just as productive, either doesn't travel often, is deluding themselves, or is trying to paint a false picture of themselves to the public.

[55555]

Many high-level businesspeople travel from ~US to ~China and back weekly. There's no way I could do it as jetlag is brutal on me, but you and I don't mainline young boy blood.

[AwaAwa]

You'd be surprised how quickly you can get over jetlag when traveling in first class. It makes a world of a difference.

(used to travel a lot for work, and was lucky enough to get upgraded a few times to business and once to 1st).

[asadlionpk]

> mainline young boy blood Thanks for that joke :D

I wonder if it still is a common practice among rich people? After being so ridiculed for this.

[sokoloff]

100.000% as productive isn’t a reasonable standard. Flying first class in lie-flat seats helps immensely to reduce the impact of the travel itself. Jet lag is still an impact, but most frequent travelers can find a mechanism that works ok for them. You might be at 50% for a day, 80% for another two, then at 90+% per trip. That’s usually workable.

Trying to do that sitting in a middle economy seat isn’t directly comparable.

[tobobo]

New Zealand is a long flight but IIRC it’s about a 21 hour time change to California (give or take DST) which only feels like about 3 hours. (Not defending the subject of the article, just an interesting time quirk).

[seanmcdirmid]

21 hours is equivalent to 3 hours though, things just get wonky when you cross the IDT.

[donavanm]

“Regular” is the key point, that doesnt include frequency. Im in australia but did 6 trips to NA/EU in the year before the pandemic. Ideally Id aim for ~3 to cover the major business process/planning/promo cycles. Thats not too frequent, but still regular.