--- title: "HashiCorp cofounder to biz grads: Drop phone, grab broom" url: https://daily.dev/posts/hashicorp-cofounder-to-biz-grads-drop-phone-grab-broom-iihkiic5y source_url: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/hashicorp_phone_lecture/ type: article source: "The Register" published: 2026-01-30T12:34:35.648Z updated: 2026-01-30T12:34:54.608Z tags: ["career", "leadership", "hashicorp"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HashiCorp cofounder to biz grads: Drop phone, grab broom **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto sparked debate on social media by criticizing workers who use phones during downtime, advocating instead for continuous productivity through tasks like sweeping floors and organizing stock. His comments, drawing from his retail experience, generated discussion about whether this approach scales to software companies, with responses ranging from concerns about company culture and employee investment to arguments that downtime provides necessary capacity for teams to handle rushes and training. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#hashicorp](https://daily.dev/tags/hashicorp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hashicorp-cofounder-to-biz-grads-drop-phone-grab-broom-iihkiic5y)