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The author is the founder, owner, and operator of a company, and from a quick view, is quite successful at his work. Plus, he is in a relationship where his par

The author is the founder, owner, and operator of a company, and from a quick view, is quite successful at his work. Plus, he is in a relationship where his partner is supportive of his dreams and long hours. And he has kids at the same time. That sounds like a great life to me. Not a lot of people get the opportunity, and not very many people can pull it off. I'm sure life will be more relaxed when the kids leave the home after become adults, too.

mihaaly 4y ago
When there is no time for important things that does not sound like a great life (to me of course). Is that company that important? Did we loose the ability to get enough to live and we live to get enough instead?
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  > Is that company that important? If he doesn’t want his children to starve then yeah working is important.
- bregma 4y ago
  If you have ever had children, you know they become 100% of your life and 110% of your time for the first year or so, and with multiple children that could stretch to several years. I guess if that interferes with your immediate hedonistic needs you would just get rid of the children? Maybe just dump them on someone else whose time is less self-importantly valuable? It's the same with running a startup. You make the choice to commit, you follow through, and in the long run you reap the rewards and live a fuller, better life.
  - throwaway98797 4y ago
    if it works you reap the benefits but the sad path is the same in both miserable
the_gipsy 4y ago
> Plus, he is in a relationship where his partner is supportive of his dreams and long hours. The fact that he needs a servant-wife to be able to support his career is a red flag. Having so many children and spending so much time working also means he can't have meaningful relationships with all of them.
- shellfisher 4y ago
  The fact that you think she’s a servant says more about you than them. As well say he’s the servant, working long hours while she gets to enjoy closer relationships with their children.
- krageon 4y ago
  When one half of a relationship of two people does work you don't respect, that doesn't make them a servant. These are two human beings that have divided the work they have to do to live their life in this way. There's nothing wrong with that.
  - the_gipsy 4y ago
    The majority of stay-at-home partners happen to be women. There is something wrong with that.
- relativeadv 4y ago
  lol at the hacker news crowed recoiling at a stay-at-home mother in 2022. Oh, the humanity!
- nafizh 4y ago
  Raising kids at home is now being servant? Should just drop the kids to daycare then where they grow up the most important years of their lives without any meaningful companionship of any of the parents.
- primax 4y ago
  Why do you think that this isn't what she wants also?

mihaaly 4y ago

When there is no time for important things that does not sound like a great life (to me of course). Is that company that important? Did we loose the ability to get enough to live and we live to get enough instead?

chrisseaton 4y ago
> Is that company that important? If he doesn’t want his children to starve then yeah working is important.
bregma 4y ago
If you have ever had children, you know they become 100% of your life and 110% of your time for the first year or so, and with multiple children that could stretch to several years. I guess if that interferes with your immediate hedonistic needs you would just get rid of the children? Maybe just dump them on someone else whose time is less self-importantly valuable? It's the same with running a startup. You make the choice to commit, you follow through, and in the long run you reap the rewards and live a fuller, better life.
- throwaway98797 4y ago
  if it works you reap the benefits but the sad path is the same in both miserable

the_gipsy 4y ago

> Plus, he is in a relationship where his partner is supportive of his dreams and long hours. The fact that he needs a servant-wife to be able to support his career is a red flag. Having so many children and spending so much time working also means he can't have meaningful relationships with all of them.

shellfisher 4y ago
The fact that you think she’s a servant says more about you than them. As well say he’s the servant, working long hours while she gets to enjoy closer relationships with their children.
krageon 4y ago
When one half of a relationship of two people does work you don't respect, that doesn't make them a servant. These are two human beings that have divided the work they have to do to live their life in this way. There's nothing wrong with that.
- the_gipsy 4y ago
  The majority of stay-at-home partners happen to be women. There is something wrong with that.
relativeadv 4y ago
lol at the hacker news crowed recoiling at a stay-at-home mother in 2022. Oh, the humanity!
nafizh 4y ago
Raising kids at home is now being servant? Should just drop the kids to daycare then where they grow up the most important years of their lives without any meaningful companionship of any of the parents.
primax 4y ago
Why do you think that this isn't what she wants also?