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Shame about the emphasis on long hours here. Not all start-ups expect them as a matter of course and I'm not convinced that they're a healthy part of start-up c
by mjw 14y ago
Shame about the emphasis on long hours here. Not all start-ups expect them as a matter of course and I'm not convinced that they're a healthy part of start-up culture or crucial to success.
People should be prepared to be flexible of course, but I'd hate to see long hours perpetuated as part of this cargo cult start-up success myth and expected by default by founders.
- MaxGabriel 14y agoCan you talk a little more on that? The author's stat of 16 hour days for six months sounds inflated
- jasonkester 14y agoStartup founders sometimes convince themselves that they need to work those sort of hours. Startup employees generally have enough sense not to. Not to say that I'd balk at working 80 hour weeks for your Startup if that's what you want. So long as you're paying me by the hour, you can have as many of them as you'd like. You'll burn through your capital twice as fast, with considerably less than twice as much product to show for it, but hey, it's your money. I just work here.