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When the bullet dodges you (media.piefed.world)

submitted 4 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 72 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Personally theory.....

Many startups fail because people try to work 80+hrs per week. Biologically more than about 25-30 hours of work is usually a waste of time. You can occasionally pull a long week but then you need to rest and recover to get back to full productivity. If you push beyond it often, you'll make a shit ton of stupid mistakes that completely nullify all your efforts.

If you've ever been around someone "working" on hour 70+ during a week you'll know what I mean. A five minute tasks takes them an hour and they generally fuck it up.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

I've worked for a few startups (in software). They all failed because their idea was stupid, the executives were technically incompetent borderline sociopaths, and they weren't even good at getting VCs to throw money at them. Some employees worked insane hours while others of us fucked off most of the time and came to work high - it made no difference.