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I mean: When I was working at other people's startups, I never thought "boy, the founders have way more equity then me, I should slack off or not work as hard b

• klochner 15y ago
  Yes, you want people who are passionate and want to work hard, but there are sacrifices made to work 18 hour days, and people are much more likely to make those sacrifices when their upside is in the millions rather than the thousands. The difference between a 60 hour week and an 80 hour week is pretty significant in terms of personal sacrifice. No one says "I'm going to slack off", it's just that the founders are inherently (financially) more motivated. If the money isn't a motivation, then the founders should have no problem giving out most of their own equity.
• sid6376 15y ago
  klochner made my point more eloquently than I could. I am the first employee of an early stage start-up and I think I have put in the hard work. However, because I work at a startup, does not mean that I put on other things at hold, more importantly, my development as an engineer. I had a holiday today and I spent the entire day working on SICP. There was a part of me which kept saying I should also probably do some work. So, maybe, I am just trying to justify today to myself.