Work-Life Balance

As technology has eaten the world, many companies that have created that technology have also eaten their people. We’re all influenced by the practices and celebrated successes of the tech giants that we see publicized in our industry, and those celebrated successes are the “unicorns,” the 10x rebels. They promote hustling hard, being disruptive, and vacuuming talent and competitors in a race to become the dominant force in the market.

We read books, watch podcasts, follow influential business people on Twitter, and slowly move the norm toward working more and more. The technology industry is obsessed with growth. Valuations of companies are typically driven by their revenue and their year-on-year growth percentage. VCs push founders and their boards to deliver ...