100% agree with you, students are fed the trap that only academia and industry are possible, no one talks about the entrepreneurial path which is the only one t

100% agree with you, students are fed the trap that only academia and industry are possible, no one talks about the entrepreneurial path which is the only one that offers the opportunity of making it big. And it's the only scenario where I feel it's justified working 60-80 hr weeks: you're building your company/product. It's a position with a risk/reward ratio that you can't find in academia or industry, and I think most of us here know that you learn a lot when you're free to deep dive into ideas you love.