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This is incredibly bizarre, to the point where I wonder if this isn't just a creative writing exercise. Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hou
by vuckin 4y ago
This is incredibly bizarre, to the point where I wonder if this isn't just a creative writing exercise.
Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day?
Why did he think the best way to deal with this was to hire a group of babysitters?
Why was he being so weird to his assistants?
It just doesn't add up. The whole thing is so damn strange.
Maybe this is an experiment on the readers of his article, to see how we will react to something on the borders of credibility.
- sberens 4y agoRelated the being productive 16 hours a day, I enjoyed this blog post by Dan Luu: https://danluu.com/productivity-velocity/ https://danluu.com/productivity-velocity/
- anonymoushn 4y agoAchieving a lot per time spent working seems unrelated to achieving a lot of time spent working per day. Are you sure your comments are written by a human rather than a LLM?
- greenrd 4y agoThat's a really rather rude and uncalled-for response. Did you get out of the wrong side of the bed or something?
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoI hope that it is a parody of what the modern western manboy™ has become, otherwise it is a bitter window to the state of affairs of the west.
- Apocryphon 4y agoI’d say it’s also the perfect marriage between the gig economy and techbro hyper-optimized productivity.
- bspammer 4y agoThe whole time I was reading, all I could think of was this video. https://youtu.be/_o7qjN3KF8U https://youtu.be/_o7qjN3KF8U
- turbokatsu20 4y agoI love this video.
- gershy 4y agoTy for bringing me to this!!
- granshaw 4y ago> Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day? Yeah after reading the post I’m like this guy must be a founder to value productivity so highly… NOPE, just works at Meta! EDIT: Oh wait, he DID also start a company, during the experiment in fact, but of course it’s in stealth mode! Can’t make this stuff up…
- pcthrowaway 4y agoWouldn't hiring people to sit behind you and watch you work be a breach of contract?
- granshaw 4y agoI have a feeling this guy doesn’t really care…
- mtnGoat 4y agoI would think so. Also doesn’t Meta own everything you create when you work there? I know other companies of that size do. And if so, then creating a company is breach and technically the IP of that company now belongs to Meta too.
- humanizersequel 4y ago>Also doesn’t Meta own everything you create when you work there? I've heard stories like this but I can't imagine this would be enforceable unless the "IP" was very obviously related to his work at Meta. What other companies are you thinking of, and do you have any stories of this happening to someone?
- twelve40 4y agothey don't, because stuff like this does not exist. Unless you are outright stealing like that convicted uber/google guy, or building a direct competitor, nobody cares what you do, at least in the location of the TFA.
- xyzelement 4y agoI get it... //Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day When you are shooting for an outcome, you want to make sure you are working on it. Productivity is the means not the end. // Why did he think the best way to deal with this... I can relate. I am reasonably successful/ productive, but I am exponentially more successful and productive when focused. But focus is hard. If hiring someone to focus me was practical, why not?
- barbarr 4y agoHe is into effective altruism.
- braingenious 4y ago>Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day? Dude wanted to hit the front page of HN so he wrote the most unhinged productivity porn he could muster. I do not believe these events actually transpired.