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Reading this made me feel sorry for the other co-founder: "The last two days, while I’d been relaxing in the rivers and mountains of upstate NY, one of my cofou

• dredmorbius 14y ago
  OTOH, when the rest of the team is utterly burnt, he's going to be fresh. People aren't machines. We're not built to go 100% all the time. There's an ebb and flow, a natural cycle to things. Sailing ships have watches. The crew in their bunks isn't slacking. They're resting up for their turn on deck. Now, if Jesse's not carrying his weight, it'll show eventually. I see too many frictions over small stuff here. Really.
• Deestan 14y ago
  > This really means that while this dude was goofing off How these people balance their work/life ratio is really none of your business, especially since you don't know any details.
  • michaelpinto 14y ago
    ...actually he was very open (maybe too open) about the work/life ratio thing and went into detail: That's what stood out to my eyes. You're right, it's not my business -- but in his article he makes it my business by pointing it out. But if I may be blunt this may also be a generational issue: In a startup you don't get a star for just showing up (frankly that's an employee mindset), what counts is what happens -- the results.