Don't Become the Machine

195 points by armeet 16 hours ago on hackernews | 114 comments

I was recently recommended a YouTube video with the following title:

Only a slave quantifies its existence through productivity

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Machine Head - Derek Hobbs 1995

I grew up in the San Jose Bay Area. As of writing this, our company just graduated from the YC Fall 2025 batch. I'm not new to hustle-culture. I'm only where I am right now out of grit and the effort I invested into the things I loved in high school and college. Recently however, as a founder, I've become more attuned to Twitter (X) and LinkedIn, keeping up with the vibes.

There's a massive amount of hustle-culture being pushed on my timeline.

  • Performative posts from people showcasing themselves coding in the most absurd situations
  • If you don't do X you're not going to make it (where X is some out of touch work hour target)
  • Good morning posts & various rage-bait engagement farming tactics
  • Ratio's and one-up's

Every machine serves a purpose. People need purpose. The temptation to become the machine is higher than ever. The promise of the machine is alluring. If I can just keep chugging forward, I will end up somewhere that is not here. If I can turn myself into a mechanism that takes input and consistently works towards some goal, I will make it.

I believe in hard work, but I think hustle-culture and the vision being pushed on my timeline is a corrupted one. It's engineered for engagement, optimized by millions competing with one another with just one goal: to capture your attention.

You're not working hard enough. You need to wake up at 5am. You need to be the first to arrive and the last to leave.

This messaging works. Look at me. I feel the need to write a post about it. But it is completely wrong.

Hustle-culture optimizes for work input because it's sexy. It's easy to post the inputs. It's hard to face the output.

The truth is you don't have to become the machine in order to succeed. The machine can't adapt. It can't learn the rules of the game. It is deterministic, set in place, chugging along at a linear pace.

Instead, aim to be nimble. Adapt quick. Define your goal but don't let it become your purpose. Your purpose is sacred; only you truly understand it. Do what you need to do in order to achieve your goals. Don't optimize for sweat. Try to find the most rewarding solution. Optimize for what matters: speed, efficiency, or quality—whatever it may be.

You're not a machine. You're a person. Play to your strengths. Be sharp and strategic like a scalpel, not blunt like a mallet. Stop fetishizing the grind. Dream bigger.

You aren't a stupid blunt tool. Stop acting like one.

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