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> I'm the head of an early stage startup and have a favor to ask: can you give me advice on how to detect someone with your 40-hours-or-I'll-be-unhappy mindset?

-Anyone over the age of 25

-Anyone with a spouse or family or has normal non-work hobbies or interests

-Anyone with pre-existing health or stress issues

-Anyone who thinks that getting burned-out is a bad idea

Hope this helps. /s

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I have 3 kids, survived cancer 2x, am almost 40 and work 50 hrs+/week. I enjoy the work..

How are you going to feel if the third time isn't the charm, and you're laying on your death bed thinking about all that work you were doing rather than spending time with your family. Work won't miss you, but your kids will.

It's interesting the assumptions you make about when I see my kids, how much I see my kids and how I balance that with a job I deeply enjoy. Also interesting to see the assumptions made about what kind of people are passionate enough to work more than 40 hours a week. My only point in commenting was to help people challenge their false assumptions. Trust me, I've stared death in the eye, and had a tube hanging out of me for weeks. I am at peace with my priorities - and I spend lots of quality time with my children, thanks for your concern.

I don't know why you're being sarcastic, but I actually wanted to make sure I don't bring someone on to be unhappy.

People over 25 can work more than 40 hours and not get burned out. I feel that you just want to make me out to be a bad guy, so I'm not sure it's worth writing a longer response.

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