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Maria Klondike
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So apparently there was a period where everyone at Apple was working 20 hours a day.
The only reason this is considered “reasonable” for startups is because it worked. But it didn’t work because of hard work and effort, it worked because they were generationally lucky in finding a niche in the market their genius could address, and *he* was a weirdo who *liked* impossible problems on inhuman deadlines.
— Aug 11, 2026 11:38PM
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The only reason this is considered “reasonable” for startups is because it worked. But it didn’t work because of hard work and effort, it worked because they were generationally lucky in finding a niche in the market their genius could address, and *he* was a weirdo who *liked* impossible problems on inhuman deadlines.














