Title: Hi HN, I left a job at a respectable corporation to join a YC startup that had raised capital to build out the team and execute their vision.  The lead founder of the company sends emails at all hours of the night, even 3 or 4AM and talks about how little sleep he is getting like it is a badge of honor.  I have worked at several other companies with extremely effective coworkers, and have never seen this type of behavior before.<p>I am concerned that he is too tired to make decisions effectively and may be making cognitive errors.  I have no evidence that this is taking place so far, except some small errors here and there, but where there is smoke there is fire right?  I’m usually a pretty direct guy, but I have ruled out talking to him about it because I do not think there is a way to make the conversation productive.<p>What I am asking is:<p>Is it normal for founders to send emails at random times all night to the team (most nights)?  If it is not normal, have others experience founders that did that and am I overreacting?  Are there any examples of people who are successful who exhibit this behavior and are those simply antidotes?  Is anyone aware of whether this is a good or bad sign?
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