Ask HN: Do you think career and family is either-or?

do you think career and family is either-or, meaning you have to choose either one and sacrifice the other? If you have a strong career ambition and have also raised a big family (more than 1 kid, and spouse doesn't work), do you feel that family is a career obstacle or a booster? In the middle of your life, have you regretted about your choice and wondered what life would be like if you had chosen the other option? Do you think, as an entrepreneur, a family is a necessary part of your life to hold you together when you fall? and to have a purpose to entrepreneurship in the first place? I do not have a family yet. But I'm at the right age (if not already late) to form a family and I'm facing life choices. I have talked with few close friends who are also young parents. Their ambitions seem to be exhausted by their kids and family. As an example, one of my friends told me, the only time he has on his own is after 10pm, as he needs to put his kids into bed first. And often