Yep. I saw two stories in the same day get flagged a week ago. Denial and censorship... Sillicon Valkey is complicit and no one wants to rock the boat.
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what do you mean "even at YC companies" - they are the first to jump on any bandwagon hype train VC's are on.
100%. You can identify what fads are going to hit critical mass based on the amount of YC companies pushing that same particular thing.
> 996 is just theater for investors.
Investors who have not heard of the research into productivity that says long hours have no significant benefit for skilled work? Who have not heard of diminishing returns? Who have no experience of the reality of working long hours themselves?
Investors are dipshits more often than not. Just because someone has money to throw doesn’t mean they know much about many things.
It’s been obvious to people who didn’t view certain jobs as “unskilled labor”.
If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
All: I suppose I should add that yes, there are many other accounts breaking the site guidelines and some are likely crossing the line at which we should ban them. One thing to realize, though, is that we usually take the account history into account, not just what they're posting in one thread (like today's).