Billions of people around the world raise happy, well-adjusted kids whilst slaving away in dead-end or non-world changing jobs. And your kids might end up in a non-world changing job as well. I don't think what you do for a living is how your children decide if you are a good parent or not.
Ask HN: What will your kids be proud of 10 years?
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Re: Ask HN: What will your kids be proud of 10 years?
#12Your kids will remember whether you were a good, supportive parent or not. They may reflect on your career as adults, but that's a fleeting thought and you'll already be very old by then.
Absolutely this. The real long-term is understanding what "values" and sentiment was passed to you by the previous generation, as well as what problems you spent the first part of your life resolving before you could figure out your own life.
Disclaimer: didn't have a stable or happy upbringing.
Re: Ask HN: What will your kids be proud of 10 years?
#13My mom was an attorney and my dad was an electrical engineer cum real estate agent.
What I'm most proud of is that despite divorce in my family,I never heard my mom nor my dad talk bad or disrespect each other.
When times were really bad and we didn't have much money, I'm so proud of my mom for taking time to take us to parks and find cool water fountains in our town, despite studying for school and working nights.
I lived away from my dad, but I am so proud that I could call him anytime day or night and he would drop what he was doing to talk to me.
By thoughts, words and actions my parents made us kids feel like their priority. And I'm so proud of them both for that.
My mom and dad both were very good at their jobs. But I'm proud of them most for how they were as parents.
I've always told myself that I could be a good man,a good friend, a good partner and a good father whether I'm making French fries or brokering world peace.
And I would be proud of my parents for the same reasons, whether they were flipping burgers or building cathedrals.