How do you choose between job and family?

... where your outcomes are determined by currying political favor, gamesmanship, and your boss's shifty whims. Yeah, that's not a recipe for relaxing if you ask me. I'd also like my kids to view me as someone of integrity and not some sycophantic corporate douche.

There is no simple answer.

I personally began to choose work and I wasn't so happy with it. Then I choose my family and I feel better. But you have to consider I had the chance my corporate job didn't pressure me too much.

Furthermore my wife work at Hospital in a field where, last month, she saw four children die. It is something that make you think about priorities. And clearly, now family is my first priority. But I also don't forget my feeling have direct consequences on the happiness of my family.

Wrong, wrong. You'll control much more your time if you're on your own. In a corporate environment, lots of people will pressure you. All by yourself, you just need to have the balls to not work more then 28 hours a week or whatever limit you want to set.

That doesn't mean there is nothing left for the job. Just don't fool yourself into thinking you can support one of these when anything more important is threatened.