Flair forgotten, passion to profit.

This is a curious question from someone who is exactly opposite to what hustle culture boasts about. It is also my attempt to understand how people are capable of pushing themselves to limits that are not natural, that too, for months and sometimes years. Context on my contrarianism: - I don't have an ounce of inclination to push myself to work relentlessly. I don't thrive in such practice, nor do I want to put my health at unnecessary risk. - Even if I wanted to try to follow the hustle culture, I am physically incapable of doing it. My mind and body shut down after 2-3 days if I have long working hours. I don't compromise on sleep, but the toll of long continuous work hours, even for such a short period of time, is my bane. For me it isn't a choice between can't or won't, it is both. Hence the questions: 1. Why are you doing this? 2. How do your mind and body endure working for hours on end with less time to refuel with sleep?

Ever wondered how many love stories orgs have killed? Right at the start, in the middle, intentionally adding to the cold start or making the friction more pronounced. Think about it: corporate policies, unwritten rules, and so to say "culture" might have ended more love stories (and still is) than we care to acknowledge. Imagine two colleagues who hit it off -only to be told that their relationship violates some archaic HR policy. Or worse, they keep it hidden, living in constant fear of discovery. Why? Because the org demands a separation of personal and professional lives that’s unnatural and really there's no switch to human connection. How do it fucking turn it off? I mean you spend more than half your day at the work place right? falling for someone out there - Happens. Then, wouldn't it get to you that you have to say something but cant say, have to wait, but cant wait, and the distractions and more. I have seen most sides I guess - exceptional performers getting together, one high one low getting along - good outcomes, I have seen public spats too - really ugly ones. I have seen folks in depression. I have seen the founders being shaky with the gossip and more.. So you got to ask: - Does this really add to morale? who really wins here? - Does it take you away from your goal? - Why are folks so divided on this topic? - Is it about control or culture or someones belief system coming in the way? - What’s the real impact on employee retention? - Do we really trust our employees enough? - Can we redefine professionalism? and What if we embraced love stories? Moral policing is not the answer. Neither is we dont know what they would do next - no one in the right mind is so horny that they bang right on the office floor (at least I would like to believe that) ... So.. is our insecurities too high, our principles too shaky, or we just like to be really really convenient. Your take please.

I genuinely don’t feel like we are hosting a cricket World Cup in our country this year. In 2011, the hype and craze around us hosting was way higher. Stadiums were better filled them for other games apart from Indian games, while I saw at least 5-10% empty seats even for the India v Aus game even though everything was apparently sold out in minutes on BMS? Is it a PR/marketing problem or is the hype from the sport just not great anymore?

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From someone in their tech team, got to know very curious insights. CrickPe is built on Solidity smart contracts that automatically enforce performance bonuses for cricketers. However, the underlying logic is enforced on an ELO based system with log-normal rewards. Essentially, if a cricketer rewards are: Reward = Expected(reward) +- log(performance). Their ELO is similarly adjusted on a match by match basis. Also, Insider reveal is that, VC community is keen on investing and Ashneer is considering raising funds but has made clear that he is willing to liquidate only till he has majority stake in the venture, although aiming at closer to ~75%. Also, they are experimenting with NFTs linked to rewards that give you insider access to pre-game locker room access with your favourite teams, flying you out to international matches abroad, etc. This will also be tradeable in-app. They are apparently looking for Blockchain Devs/interns for that. Finally, the biggest news. They’ve apparently launched a bid to get a fan-experience zone specific to CrickPe in the stadiums during IPL. The plan is to sell these tickets at a higher cost. Fans who watch games from this zone get to play a special variant where the highest scorer is given their reward from the MOTM.

I could never understand this madness to have a glimpse of a superstar, who wouldn't even know that you exist or you were there in the millions of people cheering for him/her! People unabashedly protect their idols, argue, fight, upto the point of own sacrifice (metaphorically and literally, in some cases), bruising their own relationships for the idol who doesn't give a damn! Why? Why? Why? Is it some sort of idol worship that evades my senses or is it that people's lives are so vacant, so meaningless that they borrow their credibility by being merged with a superstar who has done some damn things in his/her life?

Seriously, we won a world cup after 14 years, and a T20 at that, which happens frequently. We have the richest cricket association in the world, pouring infinite resources to train people. We're picking the best of the best from a population of 1.4B where each kid wants to be a cricketer. Even after that, it's not like our competition is the entire world, only 10 countries play in the "world" cup, and half of them are novices. Now keeping all this in mind, is it that big of an achievement that we're celebrating like crazy. PM, CM are inviting everyone, we're organising a rally where millions of people are showing up, every one seems to be in a frenzy. Personally I think iwenare overdoing n a way. Anyways don't kill me for this opinion.

Rant alert: Have you felt the same way? How many years of work ex after which you started feeling this way? Stability and money I’m grateful for. But I hate the constant comparison and competitiveness among peers/colleagues. Makes me want to quit and do a Teach for India fellowship. A little corporate detox. Wish I had become an athlete instead. I know it’s not an easy life, but It’s the kind of competitiveness I’m inclined towards. Not inclined towards the kind where you compete with people to please a company that will never care for you as a human. But people fail to recognise that, lose perspective, and lose themselves too. People have no class in this shitty world. If I have kids, they’re definitely becoming athletes and not entering this hellhole. Most ironically, I’m borderline considering an MBA to escape the corporate life for 2 years, but obviously I’m aware I will only get entrenched further in it due to the degree.