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  I wrote exponentially worse and worse code as the hours
  went on and then pushed right as I left for the “real
  life” component. None of that code ended up working.

If only my boss would understand this.

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At first, I didn't quite get it either.. probably just because I'm a few beers down. But, its not just your boss i guess.. the two posters above didn't get it either.. of course its just that imaginary numbers are written with real part on left and imaginary on right.. "a + bi".. but the author takes a right when leaving for the real part from the imaginary. That was a good one!

He said he worked a "50 hour day". I guess he pulled a couple of all-nighters straight?

I'm all for crunch time pushing myself, but I learned the hard way back in college that all-nighters weren't very productive.

Does your boss ask you to pull all-nighters? If so, that's not very bright of him.

My boss is a workaholic. I didn't think much of it at first. It's his company, I understand why he's putting so much effort into it.

But it didn't take too long to start feeling the pressure from everyone to put in crazy hours like he is.. even if he's the sole owner and no one else but him will profit from it directly.

Why are you here and not working? Just joking, sorry. Anyway, seriously, a lot of people seems not to understand this. A fresh mind might not last too many hours but produces better. This is something that a lot of people need to learn. And i am not just reffering to bosses. Also a lot of developers, like the author. Eventually we(developers) will learn but with bosses it's a bit harder...

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