So it isn't just some. Some developers work hours exploded in the switch to WFH. There is no objective level of productivity to expect from software dev. It just expands to fill the time available.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/04/15/game-developers-burnout-crunch-pandemic/
[OK, there is one objective measure- 0 time, 0 Lines of Code, 0 commits, 0 tickets, does in fact corresponded to 0 work done. But that is a separate topic about how to measure anything]
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