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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my husband as an medical intern back in the day worked close to 100 hours a week. 
And my boss, principal investigator of a scientific research lab, worked 80 hours a week. 
Real work. Paid peanuts, when you factor in years of training.
But the former saved lives as he went, the latter has saved future lives, through cancer research.

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How do you know your boss really works that much?  I say this as the PI of a lab myself that develops new therapeutic strategies. If I count thinking about work when I am doing other things, then maybe 60-70 but much of that thinking is very hard to measure and I’m probably half engaged as I drive down the highway or make my kids breakfast...

Not criticizing again, just wondering if I am just not putting in the effort I could be, and if so I how I start.  Did these people have children or families at the time?
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I saw him working. He wasn't married at the time, and he expected the rest of us to be as dedicated, even those of us with families. I have fond memories of weekends at the lab...
When I left he was about to get married so I imagine his work output has diminished a bit since then :-)
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