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This article made me hate this guy. It's not his fault. I'm being unreasonable and I know it. But when I read this all I can think is "Does this guy realize

by SamAtt 17y ago

This article made me hate this guy. It's not his fault. I'm being unreasonable and I know it. But when I read this all I can think is "Does this guy realize that Poor people have been managing 12 hour days without a problem even without all this new age junk" Again, I'm being unreasonably rough on him it just feels like he's denigrating all those hard working people who have to work 12 hours a day to survive and don't have the hundreds of dollars to spend on spiffy pills and organic food.

pgbovine 17y ago
i think that all such blog posts operate under the assumption that you're a reasonably-educated middle-class person who doesn't have to work extreme hours or in poor conditions just to survive and put food on the table. i think if you're worrying about putting food on the table, you probably aren't the target audience for HN.
- robryan 17y ago
  I'd kind of disagree in terms of people that are working on there start up only which is profitable yet.
cakesy 17y ago
Agreed, this guy thinks he is so special, with his medititation... what a joke.
bmelton 17y ago
I withheld a similar comment, not SO MUCH from this one blog post, but from reading others on the blog as well. As somebody who routinely works 12 hour days, I've found that I don't need any special system to make it work, I just have to be willing to do it. That said, I just tolerate it. I'm not working on anything for myself right now, and while I like the work, I don't necessarily love the way our customer / management want us to work. That means I don't have a magical system to make it more tolerable, I just do the work, as I'm expected to, and try my damnedest to kick ass at it while I do. The main thing I got out of the article though, is that he isn't really working a 12 hour day at all. Between taking breaks every hour, exercising, taking a lunch break, etc., it seems that the REAL secret to working a 12 hour day is to not ACTUALLY work a 12 hour day.

by SamAtt 17y ago

pgbovine 17y ago

i think that all such blog posts operate under the assumption that you're a reasonably-educated middle-class person who doesn't have to work extreme hours or in poor conditions just to survive and put food on the table. i think if you're worrying about putting food on the table, you probably aren't the target audience for HN.

robryan 17y ago
I'd kind of disagree in terms of people that are working on there start up only which is profitable yet.

cakesy 17y ago

Agreed, this guy thinks he is so special, with his medititation... what a joke.

bmelton 17y ago

I withheld a similar comment, not SO MUCH from this one blog post, but from reading others on the blog as well. As somebody who routinely works 12 hour days, I've found that I don't need any special system to make it work, I just have to be willing to do it. That said, I just tolerate it. I'm not working on anything for myself right now, and while I like the work, I don't necessarily love the way our customer / management want us to work. That means I don't have a magical system to make it more tolerable, I just do the work, as I'm expected to, and try my damnedest to kick ass at it while I do. The main thing I got out of the article though, is that he isn't really working a 12 hour day at all. Between taking breaks every hour, exercising, taking a lunch break, etc., it seems that the REAL secret to working a 12 hour day is to not ACTUALLY work a 12 hour day.