[akbar501]

This is startup management 101. As a startup, you don't have a large HR team, so you need to engage in practices with strong selection bias.

In other words, "we run 100 day dev cycles with 20 days of an intense crunch" will cause people who thrive in a fast paced, results-oriented startup environment to self select.

It'll also eliminate people who don't like this environment.

The practice of 100 day cycles with 20 day crunches is tangible, real, and allows people to make a good decision about whether or not this company is a good fit.

It's much more effective that asking, "do you work hard", "do you work long hours", "do you enjoy a fast paced environment"...

"wear the team down until people quit" should be refined to: wear down people who should not be a part of our team until they quit, thus opening a spot for a someone who's a better fit for our fast, paced, result-oriented, win-at-all-cost environment.