How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week?

Re:How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week? by TP4Cornholio on Sunday April 09, 2017 @01:09AM (#14070596)

Is that true? I avoided ever joining startups because I assumed everyone worked 60 hours every week.

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Re:How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week? by simplydt on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:10AM (#14070756)

Having been based in various co working spaces where many startups work from I can definitely say most work regular work weeks!

As the other reply says, usually you find people doing longer hours in a few selected periods of a startups life. E.g. First MVP, first big client... crunch time!

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Re:How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week? by brogrammernot on Sunday April 09, 2017 @01:15AM (#14070614)

To an extent, yes.

However, I would say typical early stage startup work is 55 hours/week.

Basically 10 hours day through the week, and a couple hours on the weekend.

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Re:How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week? by TP4Cornholio on Sunday April 09, 2017 @01:23AM (#14070634)

What's your experience on the average workweek for mid/later stage startups?

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Re:How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week? by brogrammernot on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:15PM (#14073575)

Again, n=1 but I've experienced and have friends who have experienced around 50 hours/week for mid/later stage startups.

The stress is lower because you usually have more cash flow or significant rounds that make the work more enjoyable and you have a better comfort of working overall.

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