[davidf18]

Not attempting to convince, because no convincing necessary. I'd say most open source software development and all iOS development is done on Macs which now leads Linux for that use.

Of course, if Microsoft keeps improving the Linux WSL (newest Win10 Creators update adds a lot -- still more to go) it will be a very viable competitor.

Europe is very beautiful, but all of the energy is in the US. This morning I met a couple of Danish women visiting NYC and they love the energy of NYC and the idea of working in a startup / Silicon Valley type environment.

For certain, NYC is not for everyone, but for many, myself included (and those Danish women) NYC just feels so energetic and interesting.

As for deadlines it is the nature of much work...some failures happen at night or holidays when stores are generally closed.