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As someone who is working 70 hours a week and whose girlfriend just broke up with him because she wants to settle down, it's non-existent currently compared to every day before.

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Pro tip: Don't work 70 hours a week. Beyond the impact on your social life, it also makes you a less effective worker (http://www.igda.org/?page=crunchsixlessons), so it's really not good for _anything_.

Seriously. Don't do this.

Any decent startup tries to build a product faster than a Google team could. Sometimes your main advantage over a ten man elite team is the willingness to work harder.

At least one person from that elite team would also be pulling 70 hour work weeks at google. That means 10 hours a day, google serves free lunch on weekends too, albeit with less opulence.

Work life balance in a startup is an exception, not the norm. The tech industry is simply too competitive for any slack.

However Google isn't building that new many products, and their longevity is historically uncertain.

Wish I had a choice, I am a co-owner of a repair shop and this ship is sinking thanks to the larger majority owners being horrible with money.

It's time to walk away soon :)

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