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If you have savings to cover at least 1.5 years worth of expenses, do it. If within a year you don’t manage to pull it off, you can always go back. I just did s
by DVassallo 8y ago
If you have savings to cover at least 1.5 years worth of expenses, do it. If within a year you don’t manage to pull it off, you can always go back. I just did so myself. 2 weeks ago I left a very cushy job at Amazon making $500K/year to work for myself. I wrote more about it here: https://medium.com/@dvassallo/only-intrinsic-motivation-lasts-92c0497cf97c https://medium.com/@dvassallo/only-intrinsic-motivation-last...
Don’t bother with people saying you can only do this at a very young age. I’m 35, have 2 small kids (ages 2 and 4), and no household income right now. You don’t need to risk anything important to try your own thing. I wrote about my risk taking attitude here: https://medium.com/@dvassallo/freedom-from-success-54ca98fd6d31 https://medium.com/@dvassallo/freedom-from-success-54ca98fd6...
- jriot 8y agoYou were making $500k a year, that isn't normal, regardless of what you tell yourself.
- davidjnelson 8y agoHis medium post said he was making that while leveled as a senior engineer. Using levels.fyi and the sde 3 title, it looks like the average for that position in San Francisco is $482,000/year. https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Google/Facebook https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Google/Facebook