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Author here. I too, thought that the idea of equity encouraging overtime was foolish until I met several founders promising great success (via equity, of cours
by RKoutnik 11y ago
Author here. I too, thought that the idea of equity encouraging overtime was foolish until I met several founders promising great success (via equity, of course) if only I worked incredibly long weeks. One even said "If you don't want to work 100+ hour weeks, don't think about responding"
This is a horrific thought. Burnout is a very real thing (as well as career stagnation). I hope we can realize that some founders & managers still think this way.
As to said studies, did you notice the one I talked about near the end? It showed a counterpoint to Dan Ariely's work (which isn't nearly as clear a parallel in this case).
- protomyth 11y agoI'm still amazed anyone wants code in their codebase written by someone on the second or third 100+ hour week. I remember two weeks of 80+ hours as a consultant and the code written at the end was not my best.
- 6d0debc071 11y agoI'd be horrified if anyone receiving a pitch like that didn't utter a bark of derisive laughter and add the person to their spam filter. Those are 'I can't get a job anywhere else' sort of terms.
- crdoconnor 11y ago>One even said "If you don't want to work 100+ hour weeks, don't think about responding". This is a horrific thought. Rest assured they are shooting themselves in the foot.