y, there are politics involved at every company/office. It's part of "that's why they call it work". I would recommend settling in at your current job and use

y, there are politics involved at every company/office. It's part of "that's why they call it work". I would recommend settling in at your current job and use that to fund your future startup and support your family. If you're working toward your own thing you won't be as worried about promotions, climbing the ladder and office BS. Don't advertise to others this is what you're doing. And check your employment contract and make sure you would own the IP of anything you do outside of work/work hours/work equipment. To start I would work on something small to start building revenue that would eventually replace your day job. Work on something changing people's lives as something you can work on ideas for along the way and start once you have something in place supporting your family allowing you to leave your day job. It's still hard, so test out and see what you can do working on things part time, building up small wins and increasing your side project revenue, getting more and more focussed on getting to the level where you can leave your day job. startupsfortherestofus.com is a great podcast, go the archive and listen to all the episodes in order. This is my favorite talk to get/stay inspired, @DHH at startup school 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY