[nxc18]

The reason that doesn’t work is because you can’t sustain it. If you save your startup from the brink of death in under a year, sustainability isn’t needed. Plenty of people do university in similar circumstances. People in China do 996 and it works for them.

18 hour day still leaves 6 hours for sleep, assuming you structure the rest of your life efficiently.

[KMnO4]

> People in China do 996 and it works for them.

I’m not sure I’d phrase that so lightly. The 996 work model has been compared to “modern slavery” [0]. I’m not sure it’s comparable to the article either, since 996 isn’t a choice that offers future rewards. Working 18 hours for a short term can be worth it if you’re a (co)founder saving your business. Theoretically he could retire early after making a few million off Notion’s success, and get back those hours lost to work.

[0]: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/acfi.12682

[ashtonkem]

Only do this if you’re being compensated for it properly. Otherwise you’re just wrecking your body for someone else’s profit.