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Becoming the Machine | Armeet Singh Jatyani

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I grew up in the San Jose Bay Area. As of writing this, our company just graduated from the YC Fall 2025 batch. I'm not new to hustle-culture. I'm only where I am right now out of grit and the effort I invested into the things I loved in high school and college. Recently however, as a founder, I've become more attuned to Twitter (X) and LinkedIn, keeping up with the vibes. There's a massive amount of hustle-culture being pushed on my timeline. Every machine serves a purpose. People need purpose. The temptation to become the machine is higher than ever. The promise of the machine is alluring. If I can just keep chugging forward, I will end up somewhere that is not here. If I can turn myself into a mechanism that takes input and consistently works towards some goal, I will make it. I believe in hard work, but I think hustle-culture and the vision being pushed on my timeline is a corrupted one. It's engineered for engagement, optimized by millions competing with one another with just one

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