The bigger question though is who is this a badge of honor for and why? For startups, it's sexy for founders to say they cranked 16 hour days and they had a gr

The bigger question though is who is this a badge of honor for and why? For startups, it's sexy for founders to say they cranked 16 hour days and they had a great exit. They won! Sure, they may have won, but on the other side of that is that they've ground their employees into the ground. Families and friends be damned. Seriously. There's nothing worse having a family that's second to an unsustainable and poisonous work ethic. Talk about breaking down the American family, this is one perfect example; a society that values monetary success over raising the next generation... I went through one of these and I'll never do it again. I've worked for a lot of startups too and it's only good for investors and founders that get a good exit. It's never good for the employee, even if there is a good exit. For them, the damage is done because they see "wow, we succeeded, this must be the way to do it". I was close to leaving tech - something I've done for decades - because of this attitude that is really ingrained in tech now. It's a cancer, really. I couldn't agree with the article more and hope people really take it to heart.