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I also agree that hours are bullshit. That being said, I wonder what are the measures for results? Do some people actually end up less productive because they feel the need to come up with something more tangible than say 'I helped a co-worker learn a new programming language' or something of the ilk?

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GitHub has erred on the side of hiring people who don't need measurement—we all work hard regardless of who's watching.

Also, everyone is smart. No one is assuming number of commits is a correlation to productivity. Some days sitting at home thinking about a problem is productive.

I personally work more productive hours in a week at GitHub than I ever did at a company where I was in the office 10 hours a day. But no one is counting them.

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