[bayindirh]

That's a bingo card of a blog post:

    - We are a cult: Check
    - Align with the mission: Check
    - Be obsessed: Check
    - Abandon everything for the obsession: Check
    - Overwork and get underpaid: Check

I mean, I deeply care about what I do, yet I also care deeply care about my work/life balance (slow careers be damned, I gotta live once, and my passion needs cooling down, and my family is equally important to me). I will pull all-nighters if I see them as a necessity, not because you force me to do so, and I'm not shy of doing them.

This mentality of the author is deeply flawed. Yes, success requires hard work, but doesn't necessitate a burnout.

I'll pass, thanks.