Sleep at work

Silicon Valley has its legends. Companies that start up in the founder's parents' garage would be one. Employees who sleep at the office would be a second. You've heard about other executives who keep a cot at the office in case they don't have time to go home? This is the next level because at Google some have actually lived there.

One young Google programmer, Matt Weaver, swapped his 90-minute commute for an RV in the parking lot. To set a record, he lived his whole life at Google for a year and his record lasted 5 years.

Then quirky BenDiscoe arrived. He says that most people want “respect from their peers and to be considered normal. I never sought those things.” He ate all his meals at Google: “If you're bored of Google food, just move on to another restaurant,” he says of the 25 places to eat on campus. “It was awesome!” He broke Weaver's record in his van in the parking lot.

And of course, there's Elon Musk himself. He slept on a beanbag next to his desk. This week I'll be reading his no-doubt-interesting biography.