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I think the article would have more impact on managers - those who can do something about preventing crunch - if it just focused on the "makes you dumber" aspect, and said basically that crunch has the opposite of the desired effect.

By the time the article starts talking about remedies, it loses half its punch imo.

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At companies that do "critical" stuff, where defects have safety or $$$ implications, the argument about increased error rates is often convincing to managers, and one reason you see crunch less often there. But at many companies the managers may not care. The management of videogame companies does care about defect rate a bit, but it's not their top concern.

That's good feedback, thanks.

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