There are countless startups with similarly intense work environments but where the startup fails in the end. In that situation, the story here would sound stra

There are countless startups with similarly intense work environments but where the startup fails in the end. In that situation, the story here would sound straight up depressing. The only reason this story is even publishable is because of the success stripe. The general lesson here is that people’s emotional recollection of experiences (and also peoples reaction to the story) depend on the final outcome of the experience.