Sequel to JohnBrownsBussy
I don’t know what tech companies you worked for, but when I was working for a software company, I was averaging 45 hours in a client IT position, and all the software devs/engineers were definitely working at least 55-60 hours. And that was during normal periods: things definitely went into crunch mode around version releases and client go-lives. As far as I can tell, this is true across the broader industry.
If you’re a top engineer (or any similar senior position) for a western company, you ain’t working 40 hr/week. 60-80 hours a week is going to be the norm for that type of position in the west as well.
Based. The west has long relied on international brain drain (caused by imperial wars and neo-colonialism) to accumulate the “best and the brightest” and put a stranglehold on the tertiary/quaternary sectors. It’s amusing to see the shoe on the other foot, especially after the western tech giants have worked so hard to suppress tech worker wages.
The point wasn’t that this work culture was good, but rather it doesn’t make sense to single out China when it’s endemic to the tech industry worldwide.