It's often not a conscious decision to adopt a "996" schedule but just happens anyway in Chinese tech firms. I remember visiting the Alibaba campus some time a

It's often not a conscious decision to adopt a "996" schedule but just happens anyway in Chinese tech firms. I remember visiting the Alibaba campus some time ago and they had devs sleeping in tents in the office at 8pm on a weekend. Their boss proudly told me that he was making them all stay to have them finish a feature he wanted shipped the following week.