y, take the money and keep your day job. Make sure you have a new contract (or your old one) that allows you to do your own thing on your own time, that being

y, take the money and keep your day job. Make sure you have a new contract (or your old one) that allows you to do your own thing on your own time, that being products, a SaaS or consulting. Consulting is hard work generating 6 figures on your own, even at $75 to $100/hour. So I think you would bank more with less stress at your $200k/yr day job. Instead of consulting I would plan to do products (info) or SaaS in the future. Check out Rob Walling's stair step approach. StartUpsForTheRestOfUs.com