> Not that it's much of a downside for us; if you live in the west you are competing with people who don't do much outside of 9-5. We have the benefit of having the ability to apply the Chinese "work till you're dead" mindset and gaining a competitive advantage, on an individual scale.
The weird thing is that if you work at a company where this isn't the norm, then people will ask you to "slow down" or "take it easy". I believed them, until I realized that was their tactic to make sure you don't "steal" credit from them by working harder.
On the other hand, if you work at a company where "work always" is the mentality, then it's much harder to do that "one simple trick" where you get more work done by working more.
The weird thing is that if you work at a company where this isn't the norm, then people will ask you to "slow down" or "take it easy". I believed them, until I realized that was their tactic to make sure you don't "steal" credit from them by working harder.
On the other hand, if you work at a company where "work always" is the mentality, then it's much harder to do that "one simple trick" where you get more work done by working more.