My family is my top priority - both spending time with them, and providing a comfortable (but not extravagant) lifestyle.
Second priority is not working myself to the bone. I consider myself a hard worker, and I'm willing to put in an all-nighter where it's needed, but anything over 50 hours per week is not cool.
Finally, I'd like a job where I enjoy my work and have room to grow. I know I won't love every minute of it no matter what I do, but as long as it's not a grind and there's a (fairly) direct relationship between hours in and reward out, I'm game.
I'm not looking to "get rich" - there's plenty of time for that. Right now though, between contracting and my day job, I work 60+ hours/week and I hate it (but I need the contracting to supplement my income). I still make time for my family but this means sacrificing sleep to make deadlines and I don't wish to continue this any longer than I have to.
So, I currently have a couple of amazing opportunities (that I'm incredibly thankful to have) and I'm hoping some fellow HN'ers who have been in this situation can give me some advice.A few facts about me: - Under 25 - Engaged - 1 year-old sonI'm a senior-level front-end developer, mid-level Node.js developer, senior-level designer (UI & UX/web), and have a decent amount of auxiliary...