Parenting and a Career in Coding?

Posted by Cliff on Friday June 4, 2004 @10:21AM from the how-well-do-they-mix dept.

el topher asks: "After 5+ years of being married, my wife and I have been blessed by her becoming pregnant. I've professionally been a programmer for a while now and am now concerned that commercial software development is not a good job for a dad to have. Thinking back on all the software development groups I've been in, it seems most of the coders were not parents, and the coders that were parents seemed to have trouble with things like dealing with unplanned death marches and not being there for their family. So my question to the programmers with kids out there: How does a programming career jive with family life? I'd especially like to hear about parents who have been coding for a while and the situations in this area they've faced."

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It was tough by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-04 10:23 · Score: 5, Funny

... for the first 3 years:, but then my kid learned vb and started writing windows security patches.
Re:And now for the crass response... by hondo77 · 2004-06-04 11:07 · Score: 5, Funny

You're married... and the fact that you are having a kid proves you are getting laid with some regularity.

Oh geez, you are OBVIOUSLY single!

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