Consulting often means lots of travel time.
Even remote customers will usually want to meet face-to-face at some point, and requirement gathering is often best done on-site.
This becomes an issue when you want to settle down and grow your family.
This becomes an issue when you want to settle down and grow your family.
Sure, I doubt most of us would disagree with that. Startups are risky... they're bloody f%!#kng risky... but if you succeed, you have a chance at being legitimately rich. To some people, that's a chance worth taking, to some people it isn't.
Me personally, I prefer the idea of trying to build a product company and work for the big exit, to the idea of being a consultant. But I'm not making any claim that either lifestyle is objectively better... clearly it's a personal choice.
Even with crazy startup hours, we could usually get at least one shared meal a day and you know... see each other. We could also workout together. Maybe get a hug while I'm talking to a customer on one hand and coding in the other. It adds up.
When you are in another state - its really away.
I guess it's a matter of picking the right customers maybe; not everyone will work this way.