I was stuck in that situation this time last year. I could knock out my daily work in maybe 2 hours (mostly babysitting some Excel spreadsheets) and spend the

I was stuck in that situation this time last year. I could knock out my daily work in maybe 2 hours (mostly babysitting some Excel spreadsheets) and spend the rest of the day building my own skills. So long as I was really good at alt-tabbing no one knew (or they just didn't care). Once I had built up enough savings, I jumped out and tried (and failed) to start my own company before joining up with a TechStars team. Worked out pretty well in the end: if I'd been in a "good enough" tech job, I probably wouldn't have taken that leap and wound up in an awesome job with a great team.