A quick Twitter lesson: Prefacing a thought with “unpopular opinion” is better left for something like “pineapples belong on pizza,&

San Francisco investor catches heat on Twitter for 'unpopular opinion' on working weekends

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2021-06-15 16:00:13

A quick Twitter lesson: Prefacing a thought with “unpopular opinion” is better left for something like “pineapples belong on pizza,” not a commonly held thought among “bootstraps” business leaders.

Jordan Kong, a San Francisco principal at the venture capital firm Atomic, caught some heat this weekend for tweeting out her unpopular opinion — and perhaps rightfully so.

“Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to work on the weekends,” she tweeted Friday night.

It ignited a firestorm of fury and reactions on Twitter, as most bad takes on Twitter do. The responses on Twitter were swift and almost unilaterally in opposition to this obsession with work, with many tweeting that that sort of lifestyle leads to burnout and exhaustion with nary a boost in career prospects to show for it.

Kong's tweet also inspired a slew of riffs on the form, ranging from commentary on how to find fulfillment away from work and how many successful young people have a parental bankroll (CBS News reporter Grace Segers tweeted, “Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is have wealthy parents,” with nearly 10 times the likes that Kong’s tweet received) to bits about “School of Rock” and the video game “Stardew Valley.”