re: OT dads with small kids and a job that travels, how do you like it?

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the phone, emails, need to be tied to a computer are honestly 24/7.



frick, and I don’t say this lightly, that.

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I know guys who have worked in jobs where this was the case.. mostly medical device/surgical sales, always on call.. i had one guy tell me, one time at lunch, that he had been making $300k a year at his previous job, and even at that income level, he said it wasnt worth it.. as mentioned above, he said it destroyed his marriage, he became an alcoholic, etc.. now the most ive ever made was like half that amount- and part of me thinks I’d like to try that life, worst case is I’d do it for a few years, burn out and retire early.. but when enough people say it’s not worth it, you tend to believe them.