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> Experience also tells me that most peoples' life partners are extremely intolerant of career uncertainty, unless as a couple they are both very young. I can

• busterarm 2y ago
  You can but it's pretty naive. The effects of layoffs and non-fulltime employment on families have been well studied with all of the conclusions that one should expect. I know multiple guys with wildly successful side-hustles, years-long backlogs of clients and more than enough income to exceed their day jobs and their wives absolutely will not allow them to leave their fulltime jobs because they're fearful of the risks of self-employment. These are the kind of men that put their family as their first priority. If you're only in the business of hiring kids, maybe you're entitled to your perspective but that's not somewhere I'm looking to work.
  • sublinear 2y ago
    I'm not hiring kids. This is the world we've come to. I understand your perspective, but have you considered that times have changed? Your most recent reference to this idea is over 20 years ago. The nuclear family, and especially wives aren't relevant anymore. This isn't even an about inflation. There's an entire cohort you're not looking at and they're about to eat your lunch and so is your wife :D