[maxwellg]

Of course we are! This year has been the most exciting (and fun!) of my career in the Bay. There is so much to do and so much going on. Things that were impossible a year ago suddenly feel imminent. Nobody is forcing (or really even asking) me to work on the weekends but if I have an interesting idea bouncing around in my brain I'm not going to wait to Monday to play around with it.

[jawns]

I assume your employer is grateful for your enthusiasm and is paying you for this extra work?

[abletonlive]

Incredibly cynical mindset portrayed here. When you believe life is just a zero sum game this is all you can think of.

[_DeadFred_]

As a grey hair, it's not cynical enough.

Funny seeing your user name. When I worked myself to get ultimately nowhere but money that spends so quickly, the first thing that went was my music creation time.

Having children later in life is much harder/different than having them younger. You don't get to go back.

Your children are only children for a very short time. You don't get to go back.

Much of life is tradeoffs.

[slowdog]

Not earlier commenter but their username is a reference to “ableton live” which is music production software. Not “able to live” which is just a one letter difference

[_DeadFred_]

"the first thing that went was my music creation time"

[maxwellg]

I should caveat this by saying this is certainly not 9/9/6, yeesh. Weekdays are fuzzy but never 12 hour days. Do you count going to a meetup after hours as work? A dinner with a prospect? Early coffee with a coworker? Saturdays or Sundays are maybe two or three hours at the most.