Out of curiosity(and I am being amused and enraged at the same time at the world changing "idea" guy and 80 hours/week) what did the comment you replied to said?
I would never hire someone that complained that more than 40 hours/week was too much
^ If you actually meant that and structure your hiring-process to match, I'd say it's illegal - at least in USA.
EDIT: I was about to post your HN-account details in this comment, but I see you just now removed your name & company-name from your profile info.
EDIT#2: And now you deleted the comment I was replying to!!!
EDIT#3: Ah! But another user was smarter & faster than me and got the info already! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6454675 ...and you can't alter anything in that day-old thread.
Yeah I did delete them after I realized people like you weren't interested in having a discussion, but instead were looking to start a flame war.
Why would you expect to read an article about this? If your comments are any indication, I am not in the minority on this subject.
Edit: This is exactly why I deleted the comments. I can't even explain myself without getting downvoted. If anyone wants to have a debate about it, I'm happy to do that, but I'm not going to engage in a poo flinging contest.
I don't have a horse in this race; I don't care if your point is right or wrong.
But as an outside observer, I have to tell you: the way you've carried yourself in this thread should be embarrassing to you. It's not that people weren't interested in having a discussion with you here--it's that you seem to be incapable of taking criticism (regardless of how accurate or inaccurate it is) and your immediate reaction was defensive and over-the-top smugness rather than trying to understanding their point and addressing it on it's merits.
I would never work for you just from this thread alone. Deleting out of embarrassment was probably you're best option, but this should make you really consider what another commenter said: "you might benefit from some introspection."
I could care less about points. The value to me is in the discussion, but with those particular comments, the discussion wasn't happening, so I put them out of their mercy.
I'm with you. It shouldn't be illegal to ask someone to work 60hrs/week. Provided you inform them that this is desired of them UP FRONT during the hiring process. People should be free to work and hire based on their own situations.
I would also recommend paying about 1.75X "market rate" (which assumes the 40 hour week) to attract candidates worth hiring. Overtime is as overtime does.
Seriously, go back and read what you wrote.
(EDIT: Well, this comment makes no sense without seeing what I replied to)