Being a parent myself and also in IT: what changes is that you start looking for things that are actually decent and contribute to the quality of life as a pare

Being a parent myself and also in IT: what changes is that you start looking for things that are actually decent and contribute to the quality of life as a parent. Effectively that does a few things to selecting possible jobs: - based on age you start to evaluate e.g. the next unicorn offering you a job instead of just accepting and working long hours again. Questions to e.g. consider: does this provide a personal perspective? Can I tell my kid where a work? The last one is especially interesting as kids will quite blandly tell you if what you do at work sounds ridiculous. - personally, being employed or freelancing does not matter for me. But having a kid gives you this feeling of being grown up, so the you start only doing work that is satisfying. I avoid work or contracts where I feel like "this is total BS". If anything could be the most common thing about being a parent and working... I would stay you start being an adult questioning the sanity of your choices. You do not have to do that without kids because you are only responsible for your own life.