I can show up at the office any time, and I usually don’t get here til 9-11. With the amount of work we have, though, before that I’m working at home from 8am anyway. I love being able to climb or surf (if I’m that lucky) in the afternoons (when I don’t have calls or meetings, that is), but I’m usually here until 8 or 9 at least. I get to show up any time I want on Saturdays and Sundays, too.

I actually much, much prefer long, hard, flexible hours to a soul-stealing 8-6 corporate schedule. And, at the most fundamental level, it isn’t about the money (though higher up the stack it certainly is) – it’s about the act of creation, of bringing something new into the world, of building something people want.

I fully love it, but from my perspective it’s impossible to do for decades without at least “mini vacations” in between. Mexico sounds amazing; I’m angling for a little sailboat and the South Pacific.