[imajoredinecon]

Agreed. I work at a highly successful small company with a reputation for being grindy, and what that looks like in reality is probably 55 hours a week of largely focused productive work: typical core hours are 9-6:45ish, and you work longer a day or two a week and put in the odd evening or weekend hour. It’s hard to imagine working 9-9 every day

[epolanski]

55 hours is still insane. I could only do it in a highly growing startup as an early engineer, with the expectation I'm out in few years.

[citizenpaul]

Really? Ive yet to encounter a job that expected less than 55hr as general minimum.