Title: I just came across this YCombinator-backed company careers page  (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bottomless.com&#x2F;jobs) and saw this:<p>&quot;Be part of our founding team. Note, this is not a &quot;lifestyle job&quot;. Our goal is to build something great for a lot of people, not to maximize work&#x2F;life balance.&quot;<p>I am genuinely curious what type of people actually decide to take these jobs? I understand that working at a startup will be different than working at BIGCORP, but what kind of people decide to go for a company that clearly announces long works hours (and probably below average pay) like that?<p>It&#x27;s difficult for me to understand whether the founders of these companies are genuinely deluded, or whether they just hope to find someone dumb enough to buy into their &quot;mission&quot;? As long as you&#x27;re an employee, then being a part of the &quot;founding team&quot; doesn&#x27;t mean anything. Am I missing something?
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