Still no. There's a limit to what I'm willing to give up just for money, and giving up that much of my life is well past it.
I've been in dire straits and desperately needed money a number of times, so I know what that's like. This may be a US-centric kind of thing, but when I've been that desperate, I've started a business. Doing that has led to me improving my situation even when the business technically "failed". In fact, being desperate seems to increase the effectiveness of starting my own venture, precisely because it's such a powerful motivator. Failure is not an option and all that.
I'm totally willing to make such sacrifices -- and more -- for my own ventures, where I accrue the equity, business network, and all the other indirect benefits (that will keep benefiting me even if/when the income stops.) I'm just not willing to do it for other people's ventures. That makes no sense to me at all.
As an employee hell no. I've done a couple of crunches, but efficiency tanks. Plan better, be more agile, solve the immediate issues rather than getting fancy, so much one can do instead.
No. I can understand doing so if it's your own company and you have a significant % of the business. But if you are an employee it does not make sense, you will not gain the time back
You couldn't pay me enough to sacrifice so much of my life for someone else's business.
What if you were in dire straits and needed the money?
Still no. There's a limit to what I'm willing to give up just for money, and giving up that much of my life is well past it.
I've been in dire straits and desperately needed money a number of times, so I know what that's like. This may be a US-centric kind of thing, but when I've been that desperate, I've started a business. Doing that has led to me improving my situation even when the business technically "failed". In fact, being desperate seems to increase the effectiveness of starting my own venture, precisely because it's such a powerful motivator. Failure is not an option and all that.
I'm totally willing to make such sacrifices -- and more -- for my own ventures, where I accrue the equity, business network, and all the other indirect benefits (that will keep benefiting me even if/when the income stops.) I'm just not willing to do it for other people's ventures. That makes no sense to me at all.
Alright, thanks for responding.
But, think of the shareholders!
996 hours a year? Sure.
I wasn't put on Earth to create shareholder value. Work is the means to an end. The less of it I have to do, the better.
As an employee hell no. I've done a couple of crunches, but efficiency tanks. Plan better, be more agile, solve the immediate issues rather than getting fancy, so much one can do instead.
I'm not getting paid by the hour, so hell no.
If I was paid hourly, hell no.
No, but if I got paid overtime I'd absolutely do it (or something more reasonable like 50-60 hrs/week)
No. I can understand doing so if it's your own company and you have a significant % of the business. But if you are an employee it does not make sense, you will not gain the time back
Yes, I do 996 hours per year. That is exactly 83 hours per month, and as a prime, management can’t divide it any further.
I did that and more when I was trying to get my startup off the ground, but never since and never again.
what is this 'work' you speak of?
No.
But my agents are.
• 996 schedule
• Ads all over SF that just have our logo with no context
• Hacker house in Pac Heights
• Shared space in Hayes (for calls)
• Tech stack is Next.js/React/OPENAI_API_KEY
• Product is AI SOC-2 verification
• The company will fail, I'll pivot into real estate