I've heard that before, and said it a few times
But I agree with Tony. Working more than 40 hours a week for long periods of time is a sign of bad management somewhere along the line. Either the case for hiring additional staff isn't being presented properly or no one cares. I've worked those long hours and paid for it with my personal happiness and health. Working overtime on a consistent basis is many things, but honorable is not one of them.
I am on a networking team and wear many hats myself. I coordinate with ems services, building maintenance and countless other entities in regards to power situations, disaster preparedness and anything else relating dealing with the structure/utilities that may even remotely affect IT. I help put together RFP's and review bids. I have countless meetings with non IT staff to explain what we're doing or beg for money. I help deploy design and deploy infrastructure to new buildings. There are many aspects to my job just like practically anyone in IT these days, and somewhere along the line there is some actual networking thrown in. But I work 40 hours a week. The only exception would be new building deployments. Even then the only week with overtime will be the actual cutover week, and I usually take the following week off to make up for it.
To each his own, but OT on a regular basis leads to degrading health and a neglected home life. Given enough time it happens to anyone. You simply can't have a balanced life working 50-60+ hours a week. Long hours will inevitably take a toll on your mind, body and soul. Eventually you become less productive and motivated, thus necessitating those long hours as part of a vicious cycle. It is an all too easy trap to fall into.
