I left Google to work on a couple different start ups that did not work out. It's not terrible but you miss out on the salary you would have earned had you stay

I left Google to work on a couple different start ups that did not work out. It's not terrible but you miss out on the salary you would have earned had you stayed at Google. If you want to travel and start a start up then do that. Google has a nice re-hire policy if you leave on good terms and have good perf reviews.