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The tech startup ecosystem is the ultimate competition. Every single day, you’re battling to outperform both yourself and everyone else in the space.
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Each milestone we hit feels like leveling up in a game — shipping a new product feature, securing [pre-seed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_round#:~:text=A%20pre%2Dseed%20or%20angel,discover%20initial%20product%2Dmarket%20fit.) funding, or even just making it through another day. Every win delivers that dopamine rush, and in the startup world, there’s always another checkpoint ahead. From my perspective, I’m just an addict playing an endless game (that I enjoy).
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Each milestone we hit feels like leveling up in a game — shipping a new product feature, securing [pre-seed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_round#:~:text=A%20pre%2Dseed%20or%20angel,discover%20initial%20product%2Dmarket%20fit.) funding, or even just making it through another day. Every win delivers that dopamine rush, and in the startup world, there’s always another checkpoint ahead.
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From my perspective, I’m just an addict playing an endless game (that I enjoy imensely) with one of the best new teams. 🔥
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#### 12:30 - 3:00 AM: Niteowl
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/4mCWMH4.gif" />
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This is a startup, which means the grind truly never stops. For every successful company you see, there's a graveyard of a hundred others with stories you never heard about.
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To make sure Codédex isn’t one of them, we push forward relentlessly — even when it feels unnecessary. That means burning the midnight oil to ship a feature a day early into the hands of users, fixing a bug that less than 5% of users will notice, or grinding through tasks that might not seem urgent, but add up in the long run. Everything matters.
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To make sure Codédex isn’t one of them, we push forward relentlessly — even when it feels unnecessary. That means burning the midnight oil to ship a product feature a day early into the hands of users, fixing a bug report that less than 5% of users will notice, or grinding through tasks that might not seem urgent, but add up in the long run.
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Everything matters.
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During these hours, I'll be working on the foundations for the next big project, fixing bugs, or just prepping docs for the next day's meetings. It varies from day to day. I usually try to call it around 2 AM, but it ends up being 3 AM, and some days even 4 AM.
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And that’s a day in the life of a software engineer building a startup, office day edition. The next one might be the WFH edition, which I’ll probably drop in the [OPC](https://www.codedex.io/community), so feel free to follow me there [@Asiqur](https://www.codedex.io/@asiqur)!
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And that’s a day in the life of a software engineer building a startup, office day edition. It's an honest one.
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The next one might be the WFH edition, which I’ll probably drop in the [OPC](https://www.codedex.io/community), so feel free to follow me there [@Asiqur](https://www.codedex.io/@asiqur)!

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