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user-inactivated  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Jobs confidential: 15 people reveal the truth about their work

"When I trained I worked 120 hours a week, so life is quieter now." - brain surgeon

17 hours a day, seven days a week. Brain surgery. How reassuring.

EDIT: the rest of that article was really interesting in a cursory sort of way. I could read books on a few of the professions and don't care at all about the others.