On Why A "Career" is Not for Me

This is a revisit of this older entry.

Having pulled at the last moment from a "solid" career choice (see previous post) am wondering how the world has turned for me to go against the career path sought after by my parents:

1. "stable" job (as far as it can be in a startup);
2. great & smart people to work with;
3. long hours, hard work;
4. little leisure time; moste Long Weekends are not long;
5. an assured stream of income and (applicable US-only) employer-paid health insurance;
6. a gc {subject the the vagaries of the US immigration system};
7. great schools for the kids;
8. perhaps the stock options proffered could be worth something.

Of all this the only thing I'm sore about is #7, and I discovered that the rest hold less appeal for me than they did some time ago. Must be the age showing.

-ulianov