Hard work is romanticized by the startup world. I used to brag how many hours I worked a day as if it is an achievement.
Yep. And it is still romanticized by the investor class looking for tireless worker bees and some successful founders who believe that because they built startups that way, it's the only way.
Correct. There are a lot of people who considers 24x7 hustling as the only way to build a startup. Worse, many founders and VCs expect that from you. This is mostly the case in US centric startups. The work culture in Europe is much different, relaxed and life centric.
Yep. And it is still romanticized by the investor class looking for tireless worker bees and some successful founders who believe that because they built startups that way, it's the only way.