> Seriously though, unless you're being paid MEGA-BUCKS or have MASSIVE equity there is just no reason to work yourself to death. The flip side to this: we may

> Seriously though, unless you're being paid MEGA-BUCKS or have MASSIVE equity there is just no reason to work yourself to death. The flip side to this: we may soon have to do just that, merely to maintain our status-quo. SV engineers are getting paid 2-5x what engineers in China are making. Over the long-term, this is an unnatural state of affairs, and can only be maintained by continually extending our competitive edge. If engineers in China are catching up on talent, earning a fraction of our wages, and working twice the number of hours, it's only a matter of time before we see a regression-to-the-mean. An an employee myself, I don't begrudge any of my colleagues wanting to minimize their work-hours and maximize their quality-of-life. But then again, I can hardly begrudge an employer/investor deciding to partner with someone who's willing to sacrifice quality-of-life and go the extra mile for her job. If you're lucky enough to be in a position where you can maximize quality-of-life, while still pulling in the big bucks, milk it for all it's worth. But don't expect it to last forever.