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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post Joseph Wang @jmnwng Article See new posts Conversation anhtho @byAnhtho 5 years of founder grind 6 7 41 8.7K Disclaimer: People gave me “AI slop” comments on my latest article. I’m writing this post without AI, together with my cofounder Raffi and our content lead Finn who helped me edit it (“100% by hand”). A lot of founders ask me whether they should apply to YC, open-source their product or move to SF. I get it, but I think we’re missing the real depth here. There’s pressure to work 996 (9am-9pm, 6 days a week), to be on top of the latest AI thing, to live in the right place, to “get it right”, according to strangers on Twitter. After 5 years of building Lago, I know founder life isn’t what it looks like on LinkedIn. Exhaustion, isolation, frustration aren’t uncommon for founders and don’t go viral on X. But it requ

@byAnhtho: 5 years of founder grind Disclaimer: People gave me “AI slop” comments on my latest article. I’m writing this post without AI, together with my cofounder Raffi and our content lead Finn who helped me edit it (“100% by hand”). A lot of founders ask me whether they should apply to YC, open-source their product or move to SF. I get it, but I think we’re missing the real depth here. There’s pressure to work 996 (9am-9pm, 6 days a week), to be on top of the latest AI thing, to live in the right place, to “get it right”, according to strangers on Twitter. After 5 years of building Lago,

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