In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers
In a recent essay Mr. Hansson excoriated venture capitalists as brainwashing founders with “an ingrained mythology around start-ups
that not only celebrates burnout efforts but damn well requires it.” He says V. C.s are exploiting founders.
Silicon Valley prides itself on “thinking different.” So maybe it makes sense
that just as a lot of industries have begun paying more attention to work-life balance, Silicon Valley is taking the opposite approach — and branding workaholism as a desirable lifestyle choice.
That’s how you get it.”
Mr. Vaynerchuk is also a judge on Apple’s “Planet of the Apps,” a reality show
where app developers compete to win funding from a venture capital firm.
That’s a risk you have to take.” The show’s promotional tweet added: “For the ultimate reward, he’ll put everything on the line.”
The guy is developing an app that lets you visualize how a coffee table from a catalog might look in your living room.
“Everyone wants to be a model employee,” said Anim Aweh, a clinical social worker in the Bay Area who sees a lot of stressed-out tech workers.
An entire cottage industry has sprung up there, selling an internet-centric prosperity gospel
that says that there is no higher calling than to start your own company, and that to succeed you must be willing to give up everything.
Last year, Lyft published a blog post praising a driver who kept picking up fares
even after she went into labor and was driving to the hospital to give birth.
