"I usually get to work between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Of the 16 people at the company, eight of us live here in Chicago. Employees come to the office if and when they feel like it, or else they work from home. I don’t believe in the 40-hour workweek, so we cut all that BS about being somewhere for a certain number of hours. I have no idea how many hours my employees work — I just know they get the work done."
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Jason Fried (via markn)
this guy sounds pretty cool, except for this:
“I like to read in the middle of the day, to give myself a break. I don’t read fiction. I find it a waste of time. There are so many amazing things that are real; I don’t need to spend any time on a made-up story.”
When people who just don’t like fiction (which is FINE) say that kind of thing, it makes it sound like they have never enjoyed or been touched by a work of fiction - a devastating thought. As someone who has derived pleasure and dare i say inspiration from “made-up stories,” this REALLY RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY.
p.s. i hope he only like documentaries and NOVA.
