Tell HN: Entrepreneurs, make sure you are getting guaranteed wins in life

Re:Tell HN: Entrepreneurs, make sure you are getting guarant... by hoodoof on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:14PM (#9782294)

Jeff Atwood Coding Horror?

This is a deeply personal decision but I regret leaving it too long to have kids. There's no right time to have kids - if you wait for the right time you risk missing out.

If I found myself in a decision point between startup and kids then, knowing then what I know now, I would and should have chosen kids over startup. Startups come and go, the chance to have kids does not come back once gone.

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Re:Tell HN: Entrepreneurs, make sure you are getting guarant... by vuyani on Friday June 26, 2015 @04:39AM (#9783030)

You have just made my day, and possibly gave me the motivation I thought I had lost. My partner and I are expecting (no planned). And I had wondered how on earth I would cope continuing with my start-up and raising a child. but seeing that not only are other people doing it, but they outlook is positive. man. I feel like I have been saved.

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Re:Tell HN: Entrepreneurs, make sure you are getting guarant... by jarnold on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:47PM (#9782376)

Totally agree. Having kids is a window in life that is much Shorter than the window for doing a startup. I was a bit crazy and had two little ones when I started and a third not too long ago. I know many others who have done both as well.

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Re:Tell HN: Entrepreneurs, make sure you are getting guarant... by icu on Friday June 26, 2015 @05:18AM (#9783119)

Best thing I've ever done (and still doing) is raising my son. For me this tops any entrepreneurial/career success I've had so far.

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