I got two takeaways: The early hires (especially engineer #1) can have a huge influence on the culture. I think that's important to note both for founders and

I got two takeaways: The early hires (especially engineer #1) can have a huge influence on the culture. I think that's important to note both for founders and for prospective early employees. > devs have only worked longer than a 40 hour week maybe 5 times total. > That dev team has consistently deployed great feature after another at an incredible rate. This second takeaway, that being disciplined about working hours is a boon to productivity, is generally supported by what few studies [1] have been done on productivity versus working hours. [1] I believe most of, especially the early ones, have specifically studied industrial/factory output, including an early-1900s experiment showing that reducing working days from 9 hours to 8 hours actually increased output.