It's not about the hours as much as the attitude toward work. The pace of work is just slower in general in Germany in my experience: when there's a conflict b

It's not about the hours as much as the attitude toward work. The pace of work is just slower in general in Germany in my experience: when there's a conflict between a deadline and capacity in Germany, the deadline gets pushed. In US, capacity gets increased. Don't get me wrong, I think the German way of working is way healthier and more sustainable, but everything has a trade-off, and the leave-it-all-on-the-table mentality of American startups seems more conducive to getting an innovative project with difficult technical problems off the ground in my experience.