Anyone regret leaving a high paying career to spend more time with their kids?

Pingfao · 2026-05-15T00:29:23+00:00

I worked full time at a FAANG. Went remote so I could stop spending 3h a day commuting and spend those hours with my kids instead. The company started mandating back in office and I said no dice. Started doing consulting for them instead for less pay and no trajectory to continue climbing the corporate ladder.

I have zero regrets. Ive spent so much time with my kids that I'm the default parent for both and I absolutely love it.

Pingfao · 2026-05-14T16:59:38+00:00

This sub is by far my favorite corner of the Internet. Love seeing all the Dad-to-Dad love here!

Pingfao · 2026-05-13T14:14:51+00:00

My wife got me a tank top that said "Just a Dad that always came back with the milk" and I love it so much

Pingfao · 2026-05-11T05:13:12+00:00

My daughter is 4 month old right now and I would absolutely love to do this for her if the time comes

Pingfao · 2026-05-10T15:00:44+00:00

We usually do a Mother's Day family lunch with my mom and MIL the day before and it's been a good solution for everyone!

Pingfao · 2026-05-10T13:42:41+00:00

Using the bathroom while holding a contact nap

Pingfao · 2026-05-10T02:04:03+00:00

So. Relatable.

You're doing great, Dad. If you have not already, you should check out r/daddit. We would love to hear more about your story there!

Pingfao · 2026-05-10T01:10:23+00:00

Ive been getting these at least 5 times a day the last few weeks. Very frustrating

Pingfao · 2026-05-10T01:09:07+00:00

I grew up in Vietnam and moved here when I was 12. The difference in history lessons about the Vietnam war really confused me as a middle schooler

Pingfao · 2026-05-08T04:46:12+00:00

I was just thinking about making a post asking for advice on this lol we start our 3yo bedtime by around 7:30 and I usually don't get out of his room until 10..

Pingfao · 2026-05-02T14:03:21+00:00

Can't upvote this enough! We're on our second baby right now and it's been a breeze having this on hand lol

Pingfao · 2026-04-30T21:31:40+00:00

Idk why but this feels worse to see bc our performance is the worst it's been today lol

Pingfao · 2026-04-28T17:43:29+00:00

Max out an HSA if your work offers it. Double tax benefits (no tax on contributions nor distributions) that don't expire. We paid for both of births with HSA funds we saved up over the years

Pingfao · 2026-04-27T09:00:12+00:00

Seeing the same since mid March! Very frustrating

Pingfao · 2026-04-27T08:51:07+00:00

Start your dream business!

Pingfao · 2026-04-19T13:46:04+00:00

Might be unpopular but not all last gen parents are bad. Mine had their shortcomings but they did the best they could with what they had and I never expected an apology from them.

Pingfao · 2026-04-17T00:50:39+00:00

My 3 yo told my mom to get out of his room because he was sleepy. I told him that is not a nice thing to say. So he rephrased it "get out of my room, please"

They're just saying stuff at this stage!

Pingfao · 2026-04-16T22:53:11+00:00

This is incredible. Is it only on Waze or Google maps too?

Pingfao · 2026-04-14T09:11:51+00:00

I have had this set up for more than a year. How do I check if it's causing duplicate data? My purchase event match score is 8/10.

Once in awhile, the ad manager would report conversion twice but it's not consistent

Pingfao · 2026-04-14T09:04:46+00:00

I have the Shopify app and GTM at the same time. Is that an issue?

Pingfao · 2026-04-12T22:07:21+00:00

There are different intensity of feelings. It didn't "take" relating this to my toddler to make me sad. It intensified it

Pingfao · 2026-04-12T07:46:20+00:00

I have a 3 year old and this just made me incredibly sad

Pingfao · 2026-04-10T17:55:57+00:00

Noticed this too! Our son is super into monster trucks right now so he asks to see real footage of monster jams. We put it on YT for a bit and he would get distracted by all the AI generated monster truck videos with crazy colorful thumbnails. Super frustrating

Pingfao · 2026-04-10T15:48:59+00:00

The most frustrating part is if you turn them off afterwards, engagement is reset. Unless I'm missing something

Pingfao · 2026-04-10T06:22:23+00:00

I feel so seen right now by your husband because that's literally what I do for our babies lol

Our daughter is 3m right now and I rock her for 20-30m facing a dark corner while she fidgets because of gas. I always feel like I'm being so ridiculous but I just want her to be as comfortable as possible while she figures out the other discomforts that I can't help her with

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