Better to leave now than to string the company along for a while and leave with more depending on you. One thing I learned over the years, there is no large co

Better to leave now than to string the company along for a while and leave with more depending on you. One thing I learned over the years, there is no large company that truly depends on an employee. The machine will keep on ticking, even if it has a little bit of difficulty for a short (relatively) period of time. To the OP: If you can handle your existing financial responsibilities with the change, then by all means go for it. I wish I had followed it as much as I believe, but... if you do what you enjoy/love then enough money will follow. Like you, I got sucked in to a job with the salary and then after getting married the spouse wasn't comfortable with taking the chance on leaving. EDIT: As far as your friends go.. They are not the one's living your life. (yet another one of my mistakes).