In
Silicon Valley, working “9 to 5” is for the weak. Startup founders
celebrate never sleeping. Venture capitalists brag on Twitter about not
taking a vacation for over 20 years.
But while the tech industry may be
getting all
of the attention, workers across industries are feeling
burnt out, overworked and stressed. This week, LinkedIn's Work In
Progress podcast hosts two entrepreneurs who are bucking this trend at
their startup. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are the
co-founders of Basecamp and have been speaking out against the tech
community’s extreme work ethic for years now.
Fried and Hansson give
their take on why working around the clock now seems necessary, and
share the simple ways they think the American work week can be improved
by using technology differently.
The Work In Progress series dives into
the world of work now, featuring discussions with some of the economy’s
brightest thinkers and on-the-ground interviews with workers around the
US, all grappling with change.
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