[Fede_V]

Reading that story, I wonder where hustle culture went wrong. Paul Graham famously celebrated "breaking the rules" (http://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html) - but - this is a crazy ratchet.

I really hope that this behaviour doesn't become any more normalized than it already has. Success is not worth anything, and, while some rules may be pointless, not every rule (and norm) is an obstacle you have to hack around on your way to success.

[paxys]

It was never right. It's easy for the "winners" to look back and justify their actions, but the entire culture was always rife with such scams.

[thepgmess]

PG is no saint. It's people like him who go around preaching borderline fraud in the name of so called hustle.