What is your least popular but deeply held opinion on tech/startups?
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I joined LinkedIn in 2003 at ~12 employees. Engineers worked 40-hour weeks, like clockwork, for the entire 2 years I was there. (I can't speak for non-engs, but my perception is that it was similar for them.)
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@rabois think of this for engineers that early? (Maybe he was there too?) -
That is the number one reason LinkedIn sold for $26 B whereas FB is worth $500 B.
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Good old Keith. Never wavers.
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There are countless examples of this, eg:
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I would bet a *lot* of money the founders of basecamp worked more than 40 hour weeks, though to admit it would be off brand
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Regardless of Basecamp though, why do you think it’s impossible? Correlation between hours worked and productivity is not linear, you ignore diminishing returns
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I don’t think the value of work instantly goes to zero after an 8 hour day
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Of course it doesn’t. But I think we are not talking about 45 hours a week but rather 60+
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Are you writing code for more than 6 hours or doing work that is less coding and more other stuff, like sending emails, researching and so on?
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Depends on stage. Need to do LOTS of stuff that isn’t writing code.
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I think that is more doable than coding for 10 hours. And most engineers loathe anything that is not coding.
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35 hrs / week in France and would never change my eng. team with a US based one :)
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I too believe that working 40+ hours a week is not a prerequisite to success. I think this was the most unpopular opinion. Need your thoughts on this
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At Altocloud all engineers did ~40 hours a week. BUT if anything went wrong everybody was on board to fix it - and more importantly, learn from it, so we didn’t have to work stupid again.
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1 million % agree
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Anything worthwhile requires hard work. If you don’t work hard, you’re admitting to yourself and others it’s not worthwhile.
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