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If you're happy that way and don't look back regretful, good for you.
However, it shouldn't be necessary to work 100 h weeks, miss birthdays, quality time with family and friends etc. just for the chance of success. Needless to say how high the stakes are regarding mental and physical health and thinking about the effects on your social environment. The latter not just for you but especially for your kids.
It's a critical problem within the system we live in, if that's what it takes for someone who doesn't come from money.
On the other matter:
I think, as long as someone is profiting of someone else, and that relationship is not equally balanced, the one profiting more is exploiting the other. That's a general opinion, not restricted to you.
Regretful, no. Do I wish I didn't have to - absolutely, but I'm also aware that no one said I had to enjoy what it took. I lost ~5 years of events, but it gives me soo many more options for the rest of my life and that of my kids. I'm also aware that many others make these sacrifices just to stay where they are so yeah, worth it.