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1001 points genericlemon24 | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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didip ◴[06 Sep 25 14:13 UTC] No.45149420[source]▶
996 as an employee, especially for companies that don’t offer fast growing stocks, is a super bad deal.

996 for a business owner or top exec at a big company? It’s the norm. And the risk-reward makes sense to them.

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1. Fraterkes ◴[06 Sep 25 14:32 UTC] No.45149607[source]▶
In my spare time I code my own projects, I draw, I talk and write about my ideas. So yes, I'm also "working" on stuff for 12 hours a day, but obviously the work I do for myself, based on decisions I made myself, and the talking and thinking, are not at all "work" in the same manner that the drudgery of an actual job is work. The work I do for money is not just time-consuming and tiring, it's hard and boring and most importantly, often meaningless to me.

A ceo trades time and peace for money, and that is arguably difficult in it's own ways. But that doesn't make it work in the same way that what you and I do is work. These people do not work a 100 hours a week. They live charmed lives that also happen to often be exhausting.