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Man i miss the days when i got to work like this. As a leader i can't really do this type of stuff cause i don't want to pressure people. But the only thing mor
by alexnewman 4y ago
Man i miss the days when i got to work like this. As a leader i can't really do this type of stuff cause i don't want to pressure people. But the only thing more meaningful than working hard on what matters to you is family.
- rogerkirkness 4y agoTotally agree with you. Owning nothing but books, a laptop and clothes with a mission calling you 18 hours a day.
- alexnewman 4y agoI miss it
- throwawaymanbot 4y ago
- Comevius 4y agoBelieve it or not the most meaningful thing for people is being adequately compensated and having a work-life balance, not grinding away for some billionaire. This shouldn't be normalized, even if some people are happy to oblige.
- Animatronio 4y agoThis is a one time only thing, what's the big deal?! It's not like they are working in the coal mines, and besides twitter pays (or used to pay) quite a lot so it's not slave labor by any means.
- mikkergp 4y agoHow is this a one time only thing?
- Animatronio 4y agoHas it happened before? I don't remember reading about it, and I suspect HN would be the place for this kind of news. Also I don't think it will happen again because people are obviously quite vocal about it. It was such a surprise that the most common reaction was compliance. Next time it will be a mass riot.
- anonymousab 4y agoMost of them are probably being fired immediately after this.
- alexnewman 4y agoNah people should have a job they believe in. It can be an adventure
- cbeach 4y agoI think it’s sad you’re getting downvoted. Sad, how people now sneer at hard work and dedication. Working in a place where everyone is passionate about the mission - that’s a wonderful feeling that doesn’t come often in life. It’s true solidarity, as opposed to the ideological socialist form of “solidarity” Savour it.
- fsociety 4y agoBecause many of us have heard too many stories of sacrificing years of your life for a startup/company only to get screwed over with equity etc.
- cbeach 4y agoStartups are really hard and most fail. Anyone who goes into one without knowing this is naive. The important thing is to go in there and work bloody hard, because in a startup your hard work is uniquely able to contribute to the success of the company. And you’ll be handsomely rewarded if the company succeeds. Many startups are unsuccessful, but that doesn’t mean it’s pointless or undesirable to have the option of striving within this environment. All big companies were startups at some point. We must maintain the culture of hard work and high risk/reward, otherwise our economy will consist of uninspiring medium-sized companies (with the only large ones being banks or oil companies), as is the situation in most of the world outside America.
- Marsymars 4y ago> We must maintain the culture of hard work and high risk/reward, otherwise our economy will consist of uninspiring medium-sized companies (with the only large ones being banks or oil companies), as is the situation in most of the world outside America. You think that without that culture, there would be no large companies other than banks or oil companies anywhere in the world?
- MandieD 4y agoMany of us did this sort of thing in our twenties and sneered at the whiners nattering on about “work/life balance,” then discovered there’s more to life than pulping yourself for… a pat on the back, a voucher for a dinner for two at a nice steakhouse, and the expectation that you’ll do it all over again the next time that the CEO just has to have some feature.