Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day?
Why did he think the best way to deal with this was to hire a group of babysitters?
Why was he being so weird to his assistants?
It just doesn't add up. The whole thing is so damn strange.
Maybe this is an experiment on the readers of his article, to see how we will react to something on the borders of credibility.
Yeah after reading the post I’m like this guy must be a founder to value productivity so highly… NOPE, just works at Meta!
EDIT: Oh wait, he DID also start a company, during the experiment in fact, but of course it’s in stealth mode!
Can’t make this stuff up…
Also doesn’t Meta own everything you create when you work there? I know other companies of that size do. And if so, then creating a company is breach and technically the IP of that company now belongs to Meta too.
I've heard stories like this but I can't imagine this would be enforceable unless the "IP" was very obviously related to his work at Meta. What other companies are you thinking of, and do you have any stories of this happening to someone?
Many top companies do have these clauses, I’ve signed them and seen others. How enforceable they are, I’m not sure, but billionaires with armies of bored lawyers, don’t make for great opponents in legal battles.
The question is, how good is his actual work and would it be bad or good PR for Meta to keep him around.
Dude wanted to hit the front page of HN so he wrote the most unhinged productivity porn he could muster.
I do not believe these events actually transpired.
//Why does he feel the need to be 'productive' for 16 hours a day
When you are shooting for an outcome, you want to make sure you are working on it. Productivity is the means not the end.
// Why did he think the best way to deal with this...
I can relate. I am reasonably successful/ productive, but I am exponentially more successful and productive when focused. But focus is hard. If hiring someone to focus me was practical, why not?