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Your partner stops you from working on startups and side projects? Come join the other 99% of us not working at a big tech company, life is still fulfilling, ho
by GlacierFox 2y ago
Your partner stops you from working on startups and side projects? Come join the other 99% of us not working at a big tech company, life is still fulfilling, honest!
- ascorbic 2y agoI've mostly worked in startups and on side-projects since I met my partner, so I'm fine there, but I think in many situaitons it's perfectly reasonable for a partner to push back on it. If your family relies on your income (and you don't have a decade of FAANG earnings saved) then it needs to be a family decision. Likewise if you have kids then anything that involves extremely long hours that prevents you from doing your share of childcare is also something that isn't an automatic yes.
- williamdclt 2y agoThere's a world between "big tech" and "startup", and between "startup" and "solo project that won't bring any money for a year (if ever)". What the OP did is much more less usual than working at big tech.