you are referencing flexible work hours, which is very different then what I am discussing. I couldn't care less when my developers work. if they want to leave at 4 pm and work late in the evenings, all good.
I never pass on my thoughts as fact. The title of that section is "What I believe." Not "This is a fact." All of the other statements you make are false choices. You can have a hard working team that also produces simple, clean, intuitive UX. Great companies do this all of the time.
i never said hard work = great products. Just that you can't work 50% less than your competitors and have sustained success. I also never advocated sitting at a desk and banging on a computer. Nor did i dispute giving people a creative environment. You are reading things into the post that aren't there.
this isn't about money. And i am not lonely at all. I have a very healthy social life. we are talking about a few extra hours per day, which i do at night after kids have gone to bed. you're way over stating the impact.
I don't work 70-80 hours per week and never advocated it. I leave the office at 6 pm. i see my kids, eat dinner with my wife and then put in a few hours rather than sit on the couch watching sitcoms.
i don't disagree with this comment at all. Just that that is a decision that should have been made before taking VC money. I don't think this is a model for a VC backed company. It is a model for someone who wants to run a lifestyle business.
I am the writer of the post and I completely support flexible work hours. Personally, I work 8:15 - 6 pm. I then go home and see my children before bed time and eat dinner with my wife. I also spend great time on the weekends with them. What I don’t do is sit in front of a TV very much being a couch potato. So my work time comes out of my personal time. Not my time with my kids.