The Deuce: It's a life that selects for guys whose mothers took too much Tylenol. *

Daily "tech is stupid and not based in reality" post / article... - haighter October 2, 2025, 10:28:59

Hot take: I think people who don’t track their time work about 75% of the time they claim. - ATL October 13, 2025, 16:15:29
they're polling *founders*, which is not a representative slice of anywhere, including Bay Area* - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 14:53:01
money is the only thing that matters. pump out garbage, ruin the planet, crush other people - assassin October 13, 2025, 14:32:10
- I think the thing that annoys me / bothers me about all of this isn't the founders mindset... - haighter October 13, 2025, 14:40:15
  - most people who work 80 workweeks in tech and who don't make $1M+/year will move on - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 14:59:34
  - Everyone here is rich and thus you need to be, too. This company is going public. - assassin October 13, 2025, 14:49:16
  - Founder mindset > hustle grindset* - gvibes October 13, 2025, 14:47:27
    - You don’t know that. *I* know that. * - assassin October 13, 2025, 14:49:43
Again...these guys suck so much... - haighter October 13, 2025, 14:05:51
- He's probably kind of right, but only in the way he defines success* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes October 13, 2025, 14:57:14
- this guy may be a charlatan, BUT I think his point is valid, if you want to be a founder or C-suite - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 14:55:38
  - I actually agree with you. My complaint is above that I think the mindset... - haighter October 13, 2025, 15:01:08
    - Elon is something of an outlier/moron. and if you're a YC company and you're demanding 80 hours - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 15:03:48
      - my larger point is that most of the companies with 996 expectations have aligned incentives with the - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 15:06:17
- This guy's "$8.1 Billion" company has one client in the UAE, who was also their only investor - doubledown October 13, 2025, 14:37:47
- "Fortune Global Forum returns Oct. 26–27, 2025 in Riyadh." - Sammich October 13, 2025, 14:17:19
It's a life that selects for guys whose mothers took too much Tylenol. * - doubledown October 2, 2025, 11:00:47

So technically autism causes vaccines* - CoronaTheirAss October 2, 2025, 11:46:59

It's difficult to hold the opinion that it's stupid and not based in reailty - Sammich October 2, 2025, 10:35:49
- Maybe I should be more nuanced. It is the driver of my local economy... - haighter October 2, 2025, 10:42:57
  - I was aiming my post at the Standard, not you - Sammich October 2, 2025, 10:54:27
  - The problem is people in that world get so submerged in it - Sounder October 2, 2025, 10:48:45
    - "an investor pipeline, a sales pipeline, and 'a dating pipeline which is mostly sourced from Bumble - IlliniOllie October 2, 2025, 11:37:23
      - yeah, and I don't think this is a 'tech' thing. it's a generational thing. no sex, no booze, etc* - cpsteine October 13, 2025, 15:09:36
      - I started watching Inventing Anna last week - Sounder October 2, 2025, 11:50:22
These people are going to wake up someday and realize - Sounder October 2, 2025, 10:30:49
- yes. but after they have made $3M for nothing anyone will remember 3 years from now* - memyselfandillini October 7, 2025, 18:39:03
- After having created tools that damage people’s ability to form human connections.* - Chicago Joe October 2, 2025, 11:51:07
  - I just spent the last week visiting my parents - Sounder October 2, 2025, 11:52:41
    - I don't think I understand what you are trying to say here. Specifically, the part about - jjlocke923 October 13, 2025, 15:01:36

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