<story><title>So you want to be a video game programmer? - The Specs</title><url>http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/08/28/video-game-programmer-specs/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joelburget</author><text>I wish people would stop glorifying how many hours they work and how little sleep they get, &quot;You need to live without sleep (4 hours a night every day for years baby!).&quot; Sounds juvenile to me.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kd1220</author><text>It&apos;s likely bravado from college days.  I remember overhearing many conversations at school where students would brag about pulling their second all-nighter in a particular week.  I could only think that they were doing something wrong.  If your work load is requiring you to stay up for more than 16-18 hours a day, then you&apos;re either doing too much or you&apos;re really inefficient.&lt;p&gt;A metric of success, to me, is being able to make money while you&apos;re asleep.  You&apos;ll never escape the chains of the cubicle if you don&apos;t work smart.</text></comment>
<story><title>So you want to be a video game programmer? - The Specs</title><url>http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/08/28/video-game-programmer-specs/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joelburget</author><text>I wish people would stop glorifying how many hours they work and how little sleep they get, &quot;You need to live without sleep (4 hours a night every day for years baby!).&quot; Sounds juvenile to me.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>waitwhat</author><text>Have people already forgotten about the EA Spouse?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Spouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ea-spouse.livejournal.com/274.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ea-spouse.livejournal.com/274.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>