This gave me the ability to find an executive position with flexibility and autonomy, which helped ease the burden of guilt and pain when I first left my baby boy -- and later my baby girl -- to go back to work full time.

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Some of these things include interesting work, autonomy, flexibility, and interesting coworkers.

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Teachers would have far more autonomy and creative flexibility.

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