If you’re looking for a “male perspective” to talk you out of having kids, sorry, but you’re barking up the wrong tree. Raising a child is simultaneously the be

If you’re looking for a “male perspective” to talk you out of having kids, sorry, but you’re barking up the wrong tree. Raising a child is simultaneously the best and worst thing will happen to you. It’s incredibly challenging in ways you never would have expected, but also infinitely rewarding. One advice I can offer is that, unless you want to be one of those fathers that never sees their kids and leaves the parenting to “other people”, your career velocity will suffer. So make sure you’re at a good spot in your career before having kids. You don’t want to compete with a young person with no kids who can put in more hours and more focus. Work smarter, not harder. You should be at a point in your career where you have more team/org/company level impact than direct IC impact. It’s more efficient when your work is multiplied by other people. Delegate. Delegate. Delegate.