What's really sad about it is that most of the shit they believe is complete sci-fi bullshit and they won't build a super-intelligence nor escape the planet no matter how much of their finite time they pump into these futile efforts.

Good, keep those freaks away from the rest of us.

I'd consider it for:

• The right job
• The right money

But it's going to have to be the kind of job I would put in those kinds of hours for free, and get paid at least triple what is reasonably expected.

Yeah, you need to do a yearly cull.

If you're going to work that hard to make some rich guy richer, why wouldn't you do that for yourself?

I had that revelation 30 years ago, and I've been mostly self-employed since. Even in those times when I wasn't, I was still working for my own benefit, not anyone else's. Those jobs didn't last long. I can only work for myself. I'm a good boss, I get away with everything.

It honestly blows my mind how these "leaders" get paid billions of dollars to run their companies into the ground because they have no fucking clue how real humans operate.

I would not.

Say no to 72 hour work weeks. Working more hours does not increase quality of work or even quantity, but is does increase stress and suicide rates. Stop accepting it's OK to be ground into dust just so you can barely earn a living. Tell those CEO's to take their jobs and shove it, especially in Sililcon Valley. That place is no longer the pinnacle of technological innovation it was in the late 90's. It's been nothing but a guilded shithole bastion for technocrats.

I avoided this issue by embracing the completely non-controversial "become a contractor" work schedule. When you're a temp they specifically want you NOT to work overtime without prior authorization - because they have to pay for it. And as a software dev I was always treated identically with employees, except for a few special things like some company meetings and offsite events - which I didn't want to attend anyway. And I got paid almost twice as much hourly than I would as an employee. Sure, I had to buy my own health insurance and didn't get paid time off, but when you double your salary those are non-issues. But what about job security? LOL what about layoffs? My job security was that there are always contract jobs everywhere.

It's a startup, the goal is to get people who work for vaporous promises of future wealth
So you squeeze them as hard as you can imagine
then the company collapse and you take their work and sell it to private equity aka "angels"

yeah, i don't think a job exists where i could sustain that for any period of time before my inevitable mental and physical collapse.

Maybe it’s age talking but I’m at the point where my goal is the job that pays me the most for the least amount of time spent working.

I’m much happier working my “845” (8am-4pm 5 days a week, ideally less) and then being done so I can spend as much time enjoying my life.

Can you post a link this 400k entry level job?

So looks like one guy with ML has a job like that rest of them are well into mid level, which does track.

You are cherry picking data

That's a good question, what do you suggest I research to find out what to do for myself? I'm thinking about starting my own recycling business in the future, but that's about it.

Start reading about business, and start thinking about a micro business you can start with very little money, and start doing it. Never forget that the ONLY goal is to make a profit, because that is your income.

I thought "996" meant 9 hours on Monday, 9 hours on Tuesday, 6 hours on Wednesday, then a 4-day weekend.

"“I just registered the domain 996careers.com,” he says."

And it's fucking dead LMAOOO

Embracing? This is been the reality for many startups for a long time. Same with many game devs and animation studios too. Many technical jobs grind their staff despite being the most profitable industries. It is almost like the more money you make, the more you abuse your staff.

That sounds pretty sweet.