I'll just jump in now before the rest of HN gets here and say "Leave your job". See, among others, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1960437 http://news.ycom

I'll just jump in now before the rest of HN gets here and say "Leave your job". See, among others, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1960437 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1960437 for an excellent discussion of "why". (Specifically: you will suddenly find time to devote to those hobby projects you can't focus on right now, for one. That will lead to at least some degree of skill set specialism or broadening, which will rejuvenate you, which will help you decide whether to continue hacking around and turning it into a consultancy gig -- or finding another, better job. That or you run out of money and end up at Starbucks, which would at least be a change!)