Quoting BrendanGregg comment on his post ‘Leaving Intel’

I like to measure things. In real life and on computers. But I also have a couple of work reasons for it: As a remote worker, I’m under extra pressure to prove that remoteness works. As a senior employee, I’m also under pressure to regularly report where my time is spent.

reference to the hacker news comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170913

~ updated at: 2025-12-06T15:20:24.375Z