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One sure thing is that having a child and a startup is a hell more difficult. I applaud founder moms/dads.

• tptacek 12y ago
  We had our first a year into the first startup I founded myself, and our second just before I left for a senior role at another startup. Balancing work and home responsibilities is always hard. Having a young family might not be an especially difficult burden for founders.
  • d0m 12y ago
    It might be an unrealistic ideal, but I hope that when I'll be a father, I'll be able to give it my 100%. I don't like the idea of always considering "Should I spend time with my kids" vs "Should I do my best to make the startup succeed". I think this is what scares me the most about having a startup and a young family at the same time.
    • tptacek 12y ago
      What's unrealistic about this is the idea that you'd ever, under any circumstances, give 100% of yourself to your children. That's not a grown-up perspective on parenthood.
      • jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
        I think the point is that a healthy work/life balance would allow you to give 100% of yourself to the child at the particular moment you're with them. Not having to check an email when you're reading them a bedtime story. Being able to take a week off and not have an excess work-related ruminations badgering the gullet in the background of a family-holiday that detract from you're daughter saying "DAD! WATCH THIS!" unobserved pool splashes