996 is short for 9 to 9, 6 days per week - a work hard trend which was popular in the late 2010’s tech scene in China before the CPC ruled such overwork illegal. Yet now, 996 has become a term familiar on the other side of the world, in the post-woke tech scenes in SF and NY, where it is seen as the pathway to high performance culture. Fun conversation I had with US founders at different stages of maturation. On LinkedIn, so free to watch, do it
here.