I Hired 5 People to Sit Behind Me and Make Me Productive for a Month (simonberens.com)

Productivity = Blog posts

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Reminds me of the Pavlok creator that paid someone from Craigslist to sit next to him and slap him in the face if he got off track or unproductive.

The OP is a noxious miasma of privilege and unhealthy hustle culture: the privilege of paying someone $20/hr to keep you grinding.

Blogging for four years.

177 subscribers.

The most productive thing he could do is STOP blogging.

(2023)

Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34657478

My employees sit behind me to keep me honest.