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> It would be totally awesome to get a group of developers together and hack away at stuff not having to worry about going home for a few days. lol to me this

• cookiecaper 9y ago
  Yep, company dorms, company stores, etc. have been tried before. We've made labor rules prohibiting them because we realized that the line between dependence and outright slavery blurs more quickly than many expect. It's a trap. Sadly, this gung-ho "for the company" attitude, which arises from a combination of naivety and boredom, is one of the essential characteristics that VCs want to see in prospective founders. It's one of the biggest reasons they push the "You must be young and pure to be an innovative founder!" angle, although most people aged 25+ can see pretty clearly that experienced founders would be a great benefit to any company. That experience threatens the VC game, so they keep it as far away as they can.
  • godzillabrennus 9y ago
    Research indicates that older founders perform better: http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2010/05/the-anatomy-of-an-entrepreneur http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/research/2010/05/the-anat...
• thearn4 9y ago
  You and me both, but there was a time when I would have been perfectly fine with this, because I lived it. Well, it was the military, and you'd have to replace "hack away" with "non-stop exercise and dumb chores", but the analogy still fits I think.
  • dasil003 9y ago
    At least in the military you stay fit!