Apologies I think I misread your first post a bit, so my comment may have seemed a bit overly harsh. I don't think the family thing is much of an excuse for ha

Apologies I think I misread your first post a bit, so my comment may have seemed a bit overly harsh. I don't think the family thing is much of an excuse for having to work 80+ hours though - if anything that should be a reason not to work that hard. I know developers earning what I am, supporting a family like yourself, perfectly happy with their life. I guess it depends what you want though, if you want to send your kids to private school and not have them have to pay for their higher education then of course sacrifices need to be made.