Even with kidds, you can still chase career goals. For example, working as an accountant can be combined with maternity leave. Checked out https://salarship.com/article/will-accounting-become-obsolete/ and it looks like accounting, are on the rise. Exciting to see opportunities growing! The main thing is to learn how to properly combine parental responsibilities and career building.
In some sense yes, because it’s now much tougher to do regional travel vs before kids
yes, but its a choice i made and no regrets!