""There's two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work," says Mahir Laul. The 18-year-old took a leave of absence from New York University this past fall to work full-time on his HR tech startup, Velric. While his classmates are taking shots and hooking up, Laul is coding and lifting. That means almost no time for romance. "I am obsessed with work," he tells me. "My love life is in the gutters.""
"Silicon Valley has long been the land where mixing work with play was seen as crucial to its growth. While Google and Facebook were being built, their staff were also tripping on ayahuasca and canoodling in " cuddle puddles." Now, amid the white-collar job apocalypse and the cutthroat AI race, tech has gone hardcore. Ramp has seen a spike in corporate card purchases on Saturdays in the Bay Area."
Mahir Laul paused NYU to work full-time on his HR tech startup Velric, prioritizing gym and coding over romance. Many young founders either dated partners before starting companies or are locked into building and effectively excluded from the dating pool. Silicon Valley's earlier culture of mixing work and play has hardened amid a white-collar job apocalypse and fierce AI competition, with increased weekend corporate spending and higher office foot traffic. Young tech workers report hourslong coding sprints, 996 schedules, and public declarations of 'monk mode,' prioritizing scaling over social or romantic life.
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