Some more constructive ideas, assuming you're really attached to your current job: * Try pitching your idea to your employer as a new product. You can be a mov

Some more constructive ideas, assuming you're really attached to your current job: * Try pitching your idea to your employer as a new product. You can be a mover and a shaker without launching your own company, and it looks great on your performance review. * Quit the job and launch your company. Once you have a product, try to get your former employer to buy your new company. You get to make your cool project, you get a fat lump of cash, and you (hopefully) get to go back to your old job.