My experience with startups (and started up and made its) has been pretty negative with respect to mental health and work life balance: I've got to tear myself

My experience with startups (and started up and made its) has been pretty negative with respect to mental health and work life balance: I've got to tear myself away from the perf charts, server logs and IntelliJ to make sure I don't miss my sons growing up. If you'd like a reasonable work-life balance with a lot of smart people, I can recommend my ex-employer, Guidewire. They don't work crazy hours and have a fairly adult work environment, and their recurring revenue model guarantees a level of stability underneath the technical innovation.