Google is a good place to work, but it is not the only good place to work, and in some cases it is not even the best place to work. If you have what it takes to

Google is a good place to work, but it is not the only good place to work, and in some cases it is not even the best place to work. If you have what it takes to get in at Google, there are any number of places you could work, so you wouldn't be giving up a lot if you stepped down for whatever purpose, whether travel or entrepreneurship. You are very young with, I'm guessing, no large responsibilities outside your job. You also have a bit of money. That means you are now free as you will probably never be again to do what you want. Take this chance to do so if you feel at all inclined. The job at Google is in the end just a glorified joe-job, and it or something very much like it will still be there if you ever want back.