something i think is always missed in this discussion about professors working 100 hours a week is what you even count rowards your hours of 'work' 1/n

does every hour that I'm on campus count - even when I'm at tea or getting lunch? Is it only hours that I'm physically looking at my screen that count? but what if i have a really good idea while daydreaming at lunch?

maybe it's only hours that i'm actively making progress on my problems? but what about the time i spend trying really hard to fix my code and completely failing to spot the typo?

do paper reading and code writing and colloquium attendance and job application writing all count equally? should they?

without at least comparing numbers on a common frame work there is zero value telling people what numbers of hours you do or don't work. case in point - i've just spent 8 hours in a remote operating room for Keck, but we only had the dome open for three hours

and even while the dome is open i only have to concentrate some of the time, but i need to be present all the time.

so the framework doesn't even make sense to begin with (and i'm a strong proponent of counting something more than just hours - if the game is to work the most hours you're actively encouraged to work inefficiently)

and beyond that, the number of hours that different people are able to concentrate varies between people, and varies from person to person depending on the task you're doing and whether you slept well and whether you're worried about xyz in your personal life

in conclusion: comparing hours is flawed and the very framework of doing so is flawed too. go home and sleep. rant over. n/n.

and obviously i made a typo in the first tweet of this thread. oh well.