There really needs to be a comparative study between China's internet industry and the U.S.'s. It often seems like horror stories of 996 are like Silicon Valley

There really needs to be a comparative study between China's internet industry and the U.S.'s. It often seems like horror stories of 996 are like Silicon Valley unpaid overtime burnout culture, ramped up to a new degree. > “No matter how good you are at the game, the game has only one ending, which is the company being acquired,” Ding said, adding she was sad when she played it for the first time, believing being acquired means failure. “Later, I searched for a job for a period of time, encountered various setbacks, and gradually realized that the process of trying hard is more precious. When I went back and played it again, I accepted the ending, and felt that it was really in line with the current internet age.” The same market dynamics on both sides of the Pacific.