How I made workplace toxic

A developer reflects on how their personal ambition to work long hours unintentionally created a toxic work culture at a fintech startup. By voluntarily working 10+ hour days to accelerate their own growth, they inadvertently set an expectation that spread across their team and the organization. The post warns against normalizing overwork and encourages developers to set boundaries, say no to unreasonable deadlines, and avoid letting personal hustle become a cultural burden on others.