Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I guess now is as good as time to post it than any other. I’ve always had an opinion that there are two types of people in this world. Keep in mind this relates solely on family life, and if it’s truly possible to categorize people into two categories.

My opinion is this. People are only good (in their personal lives) at either having a successful professional life, or having a successful family life. What I’m saying is I see a typical family represented by two individuals that may or may not represent the same life choice. One or both may strive for a better professional life while neglecting the family life. This leads to what I see as several high level views of a family organization as such. Two professional aligned people tend to be very well off, but distant from each other so that in the long run they may not be as close as they should be emotionally. There is also the other extreme where both people are aligned towards the family where the family life may be well off, but financially there may be instability.

Now of course we have your standard deviation where one or the other in the relationship may be more professionally aligned than family oriented. This I imagine is how most families are organized, and I’d also imagine that typically the male is aligned more on the professional side while the female has traditionally been aligned more to the family side. This has provided an equal balance for most traditional families where the husband, being more professionally aligned, would be the main bread winner as they say. However I could see the new, well not so new, rise in the number of women that have put more value into the professional life than family. This has changed the dynamics to having two professional aligned individuals in the household.

I can see this as not just being a constant where one individual is aligned to one particular group or the other for a life term. I think it’s a choice, subconscious or otherwise, that each individual has to make. I think there is also a point where compromise can be made to switch between roles at varying points, but I’m still pretty certain that the underlining choice still has to be made between the two.

That’s my thoughts on the subject for now. I have a lot more opinions on the subject, but the more prevalent coming to mind I’ve already outlined.