[throwanem]

Great! I'm really glad to hear you've found a lifestyle that works well for you. Is it possible your experience isn't representative?

[hueving]

Likely not, but this portrayal in the article isn't close either. It only applies to 'hot startup' folks, which are a subset of startups, which are a tiny subset of employees here.

[throwanem]

But, looking in from the outside, it's the subset which everyone not already in it appears to desire on some level to join.

[mseebach]

Is it possible your experience isn't representative?

[throwanem]

I'd say it is very probable. But I don't think that means the satire has no value.

[keefe]

debatable

[keefe]

well it's representative of my experience, so that is why I shared it ;) The hidden node here is that I took my first programming job in 1996 when I was 16 and I've been continuously programming since (also, I first learned on an atari 800 basic cartridge). I'm also 35, fit, disciplined and high energy. So for these factors, it's probably representative.