A lot of this essay reminds me of the beginning of a startup. When days are long and sleep is optional and sparks are flying and people expect you to have clean

A lot of this essay reminds me of the beginning of a startup. When days are long and sleep is optional and sparks are flying and people expect you to have cleaned the toilet because you've been in all day. (Except you've been sleeping, because you were up til 10am coding.) The difference is the endless hand-to-mouth treadmilly cashflow problem transforms into something... well, similar and yet different, but I found it a lot more palatable than the idea of constantly writing blog posts for Calacanis^W^W^W^W^W chasing clients for tuppence a time.