How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
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Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#2Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long.
What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with a long break in the middle. We'll commonly go for a 1-1.5hr run in the middle of the day along Embarcadero to try to obtain the best of both worlds, not losing our equity and staying healthy.
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#3Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
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Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#4Beautiful, really appreciate the data-driven approach vs the short-term fad diets.
You should really have recommended your nutritionist if they were so instrumental.
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#5Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
So, what are you hoping to get out of this? I ask not in a condescending way, but with hope that you've thoroughly thought this through and understand the tradeoffs you're making. Certainly you could make a good living elsewhere. Is it for resume building? Are you getting insane stock options? How long are you planning to continue at that pace?
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#6Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
Would you say Glassdoor reviews are accurate about that work life balance? Just want to know so I can continue avoiding these types of places.
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#7Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
Every decision requires tradeoffs. Which company to work at.
How to commute. Whether to work at home. What to eat. Etc. The question is whether you can fully understand the tradeoffs you're making.
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#8Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
This sounds unbearable. Why not work for a less whip-happy company? Surely the compensation's not 10x.
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#9Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
That sounds like hell.
Is there actually a good reason to put yourself in such conditions?
Re: How I lost 160lbs after selling my company to Atlassian
#10Using an anonymous account intentionally. Working normal business hours sounds nice but NOT REMOTELY a possibility where I work. Being intentionally secretive, I work at one of the desired hot/unicorn startups in SF. Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long. What I and many of my peers do is split up the day with…
>"Employees are non-verbally expected to live/eat/work at the office (9-8). If a new hire were to start clocking out at 5, they would not last long."
An 11 hour work day as a matter of course? I'm sorry but this truly sounds miserable. If all you have time for outside of work is sleep, whats the point?
>"We'll commonly go for a 1-1.5hr run in the middle of the day along Embarcadero to try to obtain the best of both worlds, not losing our equity and staying healthy."
So even your "break" from the office involves being around the same work people? That activity may be physically healthy but maybe not the best mentally. This sounds like an incredibly unbalanced life style.