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My wife and I are too. Though we had our first child last week. She said earlier in the pregnancy that she would like to keep in the workforce. But as each day
by ozarker 5y ago
My wife and I are too. Though we had our first child last week. She said earlier in the pregnancy that she would like to keep in the workforce. But as each day passes with the baby it feels more likely she'll decide to be a full-time mom. Either decision is fine in my book :)
- comeonseriously 5y agoCongratulations on your first child! That's so cool.
- m0llusk 5y agoKids need programming too.
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- CameronNemo 5y agoBoop the snoot in Morse code!
- goldenkey 5y agoAnd Morse code is quite efficient! https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/02/08/how-efficient-is-morse-code/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/02/08/how-efficient-is-m...
- kmonsen 5y agoCongrats on your child! I can see both sides, but one thing to think about is that coming back to software engineering after 5-10 years away would be brutal. It’s also a place it’s famously easy to coast and take it easy for a while. But if I went through a pregnancy I would need a big rest and enjoy the rewards afterwards :-)
- mostertoaster 5y agoCongrats! My wife went back to work for like 3 weeks after 3 months off with our first. Then she just decided to no longer have a job that gives a paycheck. She works, harder than I, and of more import. She just doesn’t get a paycheck. Though... she went back to Starbucks and service industry != tech industry by a long shot so....
- gambiting 5y agoCongrats :-) me and my wife are both software developers too, and well, our 6 month old is sitting right next to me now :-) but I think she will want to go back to work - well, there's another 6 months of maternity leave ahead so plenty of time to decide.
- hycaria 5y agoThis is so sad. Does she not enjoy cs enough to be glad to work? This is one of the rare jobs with a good hourly ratio, endless flexibility with remote work or contracting. Literally the best position to be in to make life balanced between work and family. I am a female developer and will never be only a mom.