There is also a work culture of both putting in as many hours as necessary, but also very goal oriented and understanding whats critical to deliver and what sint
There are obviously many more countries that make the average American or European tech worker seem lazy, but for some of them working a 60-80 hour week is about showing you're working rather than doing important work
From my experience its not strictly the hours put in per week driving Israeli startups, but actually delivering what customers are asking for. I've been in many calls where the executives promised a complex feature that hasn't even been planned yet be delivered very soon, and somehow the team is able to complete it with careful planning and prioritizing (and putting in the hours)
The executives dont shy away from the grind either, im now on the other side (US corporate) and Israeli startup CEO/CTOs are basically available for every concern I have 24/7, even when I dont expect them to answer they do
+1 In my previous stint, I had worked with Spot (https://spot.io/) as one of our vendors. Absolutely great product, amazing customer support and ability to take feature requests, or otherwise address our pain points quickly and effectively.
I have also experienced this. Given Israel is the opposite side of the world from California, mainly I expect if I ask a question in the afternoon there will be an answer ready in the morning. But surprisingly often, they answer immediately.
The harder problem is actually that the work week is Sun-Fri instead of Mon-Sun, which means there's days when people just aren't working. This is also sometimes a good thing though - Israelis will have put in a full day of work while everyone else was out for the weekend.
There are obviously many more countries that make the average American or European tech worker seem lazy, but for some of them working a 60-80 hour week is about showing you're working rather than doing important work
From my experience its not strictly the hours put in per week driving Israeli startups, but actually delivering what customers are asking for. I've been in many calls where the executives promised a complex feature that hasn't even been planned yet be delivered very soon, and somehow the team is able to complete it with careful planning and prioritizing (and putting in the hours)
The executives dont shy away from the grind either, im now on the other side (US corporate) and Israeli startup CEO/CTOs are basically available for every concern I have 24/7, even when I dont expect them to answer they do