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New trend: extreme hours at AI startups (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
musbemus 2 days ago [-]
May be worth it for founders if you're naturally obsessive about the problem you're solving. No bueno for employees (or anyone with less than say ~5% equity)
ath3nd 2 days ago [-]
I thought AI was so good that it helps folks and do their work for them.

I expect these guys to have a lot of free time and be super assisted by the genius level LLMs they are developing.

alexfromapex 2 days ago [-]
This isn't a trend. This is just worker exploitation.
gaanbal 2 days ago [-]
do they pay them for every hour they work? I'd be down. but if I'm getting paid for just 40 hours, they can eat my shit
nizbit 2 days ago [-]
gherkinnn 2 days ago [-]
Got it. Work myself to death so my CEO may become a billionaire based on a vague notion of AGI. Why people willingly do that is beyond me.

The hype is the product and I smell a bubble. Now, how do I turn my cynicism in to money without becoming the people I loathe?

thenanyu 2 days ago [-]
Sometimes it’s fun. Especially if you have nothing better to do. When I was 25 I worked crazy hours (12h a day easy) because I loved what I was doing, I was learning at a super high rate, and I still had enough time to go on dates/out with friends etc.

It set up the rest of my career

DaveZale 2 days ago [-]
same here!! And at that age, it keeps us out of trouble. Not a lot of time for dating or other expensive activities ;-)
ghost_co 2 days ago [-]
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