[rcrngroup]

The people who work in Silicon Valley start-ups make Texans look like laggards. 80-hour work weeks here have been common for decades.

Yah, but most of the Silicon Valley folks still vote for socialist demoRATs, who want to tax & spend us into oblivion. I know.... I was on assignment in Silicon Valley for 3 1/2 years. One other thing that I noticed was that a lot of folks (in the company I worked for at least) just kind of hung out at the office after 5 pm - 9 pm, either bs'ing or just working on stuff that could just as easily be done the next day.

[Carry_Okie]

I was on assignment in Silicon Valley for 3 1/2 years.

Got you beat there.