"but somehow, VCs (like Altman) keep squeezing this image into their blog posts somehow." It is merely (or should be) a technique used to separate the "men fro

"but somehow, VCs (like Altman) keep squeezing this image into their blog posts somehow." It is merely (or should be) a technique used to separate the "men from the boys" and the "women from the girls". For example if that statement scares you away then you may not be cut out for what you need to do. According to Altman and/or YC. I think this is quite similar to what I saw when watching a documentary or movie on Navy seals. It was quite clear to me that all of the seals interviewed were absolutely willing to die for their country. No doubt this was something that came up in training a lot in order to weed out the people who really weren't so obsessed with being a Seal that they couldn't imagine dying for their country. I have to tell you that when I started a non tech company many years ago (after college) I worked for 6 years w/o taking a vacation practically 7 days a week. I didn't pay attention to the weather. Every day was the same. People used to pity me but it didn't bother me at all. I liked to work. I never thought about it it's just you do what you have to do. You know what? I still work that much and I don't even have to. (But I do take vacations..)