On Grindslop (15 minute read) (opens in new tab)

Will Manidis dissects the founder-suffering content genre as secular hagiography, where podcasters chronicle the seven-day workweeks, office sleeping arrangements, and 20 employees tattooing the company logo on their bodies without ever asking what the company does, because the suffering itself is the product rather than any output. Manidis distinguishes hard companies from "grindslop" companies, where performed labor exists to answer the question meritocratic culture cannot otherwise answer:...