This is very inspiring... up to the point when you meet someone who works in finance who makes twice as much working half the hours. :(
(Disclaimer: I have a similar job although I am not nearly as good at it as your dad)
(Disclaimer: I have a similar job although I am not nearly as good at it as your dad)
1) Life's a bitch and then you die.
2) Life is beautiful.
Choose one and go with it.
There is more to life than money (as long as you have enough money), I'd be happy with the equivalent to £25K a year and a job I love for the rest of my life.
I started my own business not because I wanted to get rich (I doubt that will ever happen in the sense of making millions) but because I wanted to build good B2B software in a niche where none currenty exists and because I felt unchallenged/overworked in my previous jobs.