Get fired and work on a royalty/equity basis are the only two I haven’t done. Although, I count working for equity as when my company went through a rough patch a while back…that’s all I was working for. I also disagree with this in principle. The only time you should work for equity is when you are controlling your own destiny. Not someone else.
Having done the kids thing, I disagree. People take having kids too lightly and watching the amount of dumbass parents around me (not excluding myself), I definitely do not encourage everyone to have them. I lean towards the side of thinking that parenting should require a license or something.
My add…since this is asking about designers…all designers should hold a sales job, or go through sales training.