Uberships passed this on and now I’m passing it on…
I agree and I don’t. One of commenters put it perfctly:
“More importantly, you have to decide to what degree you want to succeed. Do you want to just be able to pay the bills, do you want to change the world with your idea, or somewhere in between? 37signals has made a choice. You want a balance between life and work, and you look for that in your employees. And you’ve been successful, but you’ve also limited the growth of the company. Which is fine that’s what you guys want.
However, if I’m dedicating 80-90% of my energy in life trying to build my company, do I want to hire a guy like John above who is only at his job because he needs to feed his kids? No way, I want the person who believes in my idea/company and is also willing to make sacrifices, if to a lesser degree, to help it succeed.”
