I don’t know your situation, but all I’d say is being okay keeping a flexible schedule that fits your life and family needs is the most important thing. The 9-5

I don’t know your situation, but all I’d say is being okay keeping a flexible schedule that fits your life and family needs is the most important thing. The 9-5 in the office normal job is actually worse for situations like these than what you could have in a startup. If you aren’t able to keep consistent hours then putting in a Saturday morning or Sunday night to make up for it is totally fine in my book, assuming you are a truly irreplaceable asset to the company. It’s hard work to get to a place where you’re confident in your flexible schedule and still get great work done when measured in terms of results not consistent time spent in the office. That feeling won’t go away either when the startup matures. If anything it will get worse, especially when you start delegating!