Perhaps it was required, and employees were tricked. But you weren't there and you don't know. I personally love my craft and often throw myself into it over t

Perhaps it was required, and employees were tricked. But you weren't there and you don't know. I personally love my craft and often throw myself into it over the weekends, and outside of standard working hours. Since I also care a lot about what my company is working on (I am an employee/fellow, not a founder), that can include job-related work. Nobody at the company is asking me to do it, and I'm not doing it out of pressure or guilt. It's simply more fun for me than many other activities. A healthy life outside of work and programming is important too. I don't spend every weekend at the keyboard, and I do try to sleep 8 hours a night. When I don't feel like going into the office, I don't. I'm my own boss and if I choose to the contribute to the world through a company I didn't happen to found, but do believe in, that's my prerogative. I don't know anyone at AirBnB, so I don't know, but I imagine the same may well have been true there too.