I read up to the part where he said he worked at google, then shut my computer down and jumped out of a window.
1) Google is able to be flexible about many things that other companies are not
2) If you work at Google, you have many job opportunities open to you that others might not. So just leaving and finding or creating a job where you can work fewer hours is much easier than someone working in a lower-end position for a small company in a market with few opportunities.