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> having kids may make one less ambitious Can't say this resonates with me. Though being a dad has wildly changed what I'm ambitious about.
by digitallogic 29d ago
> having kids may make one less ambitious
Can't say this resonates with me. Though being a dad has wildly changed what I'm ambitious about.
- michaelt 29d ago'Ambitious' often means doing optional things that take time. A single person who cuts back on time spent doom scrolling / tv watching / beer drinking to teach themselves enterprise Kubernetes sysadmin best practices is ambitious. A new parent who cuts back on time with their kids to teach themselves enterprise Kubernetes sysadmin best practices needs their head checked.
- tayo42 29d agoUnless you need a job to keep that kid housed because you made the unfortunate decisions of taking jobs at companies that didn't use kubernetes...
- nlitened 29d agoMan, re-read this comment in 10 years
- tayo42 29d agoIf I have Internet still sure. You got any of those job things to spare btw?
- nlitened 29d agoI didn’t like what the market was offering, and I didn’t like depending on other people not firing me, so I made one for myself where I can work on what I like the way I like (started a small software business). You can, too. It’s the simplest and cheapest business to start in the entire history of humankind, and you literally just sit with your laptop at home all day pressing buttons
- tayo42 29d agoDid you forget what the post we're commenting on is about? I watch a toddler all day so my wife can do her best to not get let go too along with household work that other people pay people to do. I'm not building a business that can pay my mortgage with 2 hours of free time at night.
- subpixel 29d agoI’m far less ambitious, but not less driven. It’s just that what I’m driving for is to maximize time doing things I and my family enjoy. In fact it’s a lens through which I analyze jobs and career opportunities.