I kind of did, about a year ago - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=941417 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=941417. I didn't exactly have no plan whatsoev

I kind of did, about a year ago - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=941417 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=941417. I didn't exactly have no plan whatsoever - I had a consulting company, and another side business, but I was kidding myself when I thought I was "ramen profitable". A few projects done for a couple of grand is NOT "ramen profitable". But I was so sick and tired of burning away at Wall Street that I just said "fuck it, I'm gonna do it". After a year of working harder than I ever did at a Big Soul-Sucking Corp., I'm finally making some money. I experienced a situation where I didn't know how I'm going to have rent money for the first time in my life, but that's turned out to be not that bad. I'm still not where I need to be - my main business is still working on custom projects for clients, but I have a few sources of income, some more passive than others, working on a startup, and definitely on the right track. But I've learned more in the last year than at last 7 years spent at BigCo, having a lot of fun, being my own boss, and it's awesome. If I knew how hard it was gonna be, I probably wouldn't have done it. So my advice - just dive in, you'll figure out a way to float somehow.