As a contractor who's interested in startups and who has a 6 month daughter, I can certainly empathize. Throughout all of my crazy ideas, side projects, contrac

As a contractor who's interested in startups and who has a 6 month daughter, I can certainly empathize. Throughout all of my crazy ideas, side projects, contracts in different timezones, bits of overtime, all of it, I've constantly kept a check on myself that I don't spend too much time away from my family. I decided not to pursue a potential CTO position at a promising startup because it might have required me to work abroad for months at a time. One of the things that has influenced me here was an article that did the rounds a few years ago. I think it was this one, "Top five regrets of the dying" [1]: "2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard. This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship." Do not miss your kids growing up, you might regret it forever. Good luck! :) [1] http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five...