Stay in the high paying job, save, retire, do hobbies. Alternative: Work really hard for almost no money. If it goes well, you can make close to your engineeri

Stay in the high paying job, save, retire, do hobbies. Alternative: Work really hard for almost no money. If it goes well, you can make close to your engineering salary again as a founder. If you "win the lottery" you get an exit and get to retire and do hobbies.