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    Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 4 Jun 2019
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    Patrick Collison Retweeted Alex  🌚

    While long hours can't be a goal, I worry that it's easy to mislead. As a descriptive matter, creating Stripe required obsessive intensity. Maybe better founders could have worked "smarter", but I do know that long hours were needed for *us* to build something great.https://twitter.com/alexmuench/status/1135634277058715648 …

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    Alex  🌚 @alexmuench
    Tim Cook’s closing words: Thanks to all the people “giving up nights and weekends”. If this is Apple’s work ethic that’s really a shame ☹️😣
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Jun 2019
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        Replying to @patrickc

        "Maybe better founders could have..." Presumably Patrick knows what he means by that, but in case it's not clear, he's describing the empty set. If Patrick and John Collison had to work long hours to build something great, you will too.

        23 replies 85 retweets 923 likes
      3. Agustin Lebron‏ @AgustinLebron3 4 Jun 2019
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        As an empirical matter, it fascinates me that pro athletes are mostly revered for their obsessive competitiveness and work ethic (Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods) but in business it's often viewed a character defect.

        19 replies 27 retweets 305 likes
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      2. Stephen Kinsella‏Verified account @stephenkinsella 4 Jun 2019
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        I've never built a company, but I've written two PhDs & a few books. All took mornings/nights/every waking second, but they were all discrete projects, and downtime followed. Perhaps it is the expectation of constant late nights that grates? Totally agree long hours not the goal.

        9 replies 7 retweets 145 likes
      3. Neil Brady‏ @neilpbrady 4 Jun 2019
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        Replying to @stephenkinsella @EmergTechEthics @patrickc

        I think hard work & long hours *can be* intrinsically valuable, and are often necessary, but then number two below, and my family, remind me that on balance it's all about 'working to live, not living to work' 🤔https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying …

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      2. Kent Beck‏Verified account @KentBeck 4 Jun 2019
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        Kent Beck Retweeted Kent Beck

        The problem comes in sacrificing your life and the lives of those around you to work ineffectively.https://twitter.com/KentBeck/status/769975139836583937 …

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        Sometimes working extra hours makes a big difference. Don't work extra hours if this isn't one of those times.
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      3. Sherif Hallaba‏ @sthallaba 6 Jun 2019
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        I've been reflecting on this topic recently. Zero chance I'd be where I've gotten without the sacrifices made. The whole "balance" thing seems to be more a balance of how much you want to contribute to the world vs. join a tribe and explore the wilderness.

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      2. Joe Norman‏ @normonics 4 Jun 2019
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        Apple is not a startup Being a “mere employee” and being expected to have no personal life is different than being obsessed with your own project.

        4 replies 2 retweets 95 likes
      3. Jim Rutt‏ @jim_rutt 5 Jun 2019
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        There are times in one’s life that heavy dedication to work can make sense. Even working for somebody else.

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      2. Eric Cozart‏ @EricCozart 4 Jun 2019
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        You did that for *yourself and not *someone else.

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      3. Nash‏ @Nash 4 Jun 2019
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        I don’t understand this: in startups eveyone has equity, if the collective output is going to make the output better, you *are working for yourself*

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