Re: married professional couples & time spent together
a student of mine asked a very simple qs: how many hours professsional married couple who do not have a child yet, might spend together in the comfort of their home after work hours.
i could not answer beyond what i see around in working couples with a child or two mostly and they have child care.
but it stands to reason that medicine, education & running business are professions in which people invest a lot of hours of their waking hours from 10 - 20 even, sometimes working more than 100 hours per 6 day work week. the investment is obviously monetary but also personal to advance in a career and to make the future of the family stable financially while child care is not an issue yet. any perspectives. less hours and more money makes better sense or consistent good number of work hours w/ decent salary?
any thoughts?
Dushwari
medicine, education and running businesses?
I never thought academia as one of the more time intensive fields in general. not among the top fields i think of when i think of time intensive fields.
as far as spending time, its not just the quantity of time but also quality of time that is important.
and as far as salary, that depends on the person.