The Cult of Exhaustion: Why Silicon Valley's 100 Hour Workweeks Won't Die The notion that one can have a fulfilling career, a happy family life, and enough time for hobbies is a staple of modern Western mythology.
But in the rarefied world of Silicon Valley, where billion dollar companies are born and die with alarming regularity, this idea has been systematically debunked by some of the industry's most influential leaders.
Andrew Feldman, cofounder and CEO of Cerebras, the $49. 5 billion AI chip company, recently declared that "you can't build something new out of nothing" by working 38 hours a week with a decent work life balance.