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It may be a truism but a lot of people still pursue happiness in their job. My focus has always been my family and instead of flying them everywhere (that did
by fipar 5y ago
It may be a truism but a lot of people still pursue happiness in their job.
My focus has always been my family and instead of flying them everywhere (that did happen once though: I had to do a client on-site and I said “either my family comes with me or I don’t go. There are many jobs but I only have one family”, and they flew us all in), I’ve consistently chosen remote jobs with no mandatory travel instead of the slightly better paying option with “relocation package”, or frequent traveling.
I’m aware I’m lucky as lots of people don’t have that choice, but I think in my industry (IT) a lot of people maximize for career progress when there’s plenty of good-paying family-friendly opportunities too.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoI agree with everything you've written, but that is also exactly why I think Jack Nicklaus is a poor example for most people. In your case, you had to explicitly choose to take the path of family over maximizing career progression. Jack Nicklaus didn't have to do that - he could easily have both. Honestly, I'd rather read stories about how people like you created a healthy work-life balance than more laudatory articles focusing on unattainable hero worship.