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Ah right, you have to be at the startup for 18 hours a day to be "intense" or "dedicated." Its ok if you roll in at 10am, spend an hour horsing around on Hacke
by outside1234 15y ago
Ah right, you have to be at the startup for 18 hours a day to be "intense" or "dedicated."
Its ok if you roll in at 10am, spend an hour horsing around on Hacker News, another hour drinking company beer at 7:30pm, and another hour at lunch running with folks, you are "dedicated" and "intense".
Nevermind that you spent less time working that the OP - you have to have no life outside of the startup to be "intense" and "startup worthy."
For me, I'd rather have the poster - he sounds like a great employee - works hard, contributes outside his area, and seemingly has a life outside of work that probably rests his brain such that he isn't constantly exhausted like you.
If you don't get into Y-Combinator, contact me.
- jmspring 15y agoCouldn't agree more. Intense can be due to working on really hard problems (or even the extra time/energy to learn something new). Just as easily, it can be due to poor planning or improper communication within the company. Unfortunately, if one is passionate about doing a good job and enjoying what you are doing, you might not be able to realize when your extra efforts are really the expectation than what should be the norm. The fact that the OP was able to grasp this particular issue so early on shows a maturity and insight that even senior engineers who go to work at startups might miss. I know I've had my moments.
- xarien 15y agoI stand by my definition that 9.5 hours in a work day is far from intense. This applies to corporate culture, small business culture, and especially startup culture. I won't lower myself to respond to personal attacks which fill the rest of your post.