If surfing is that important to you, your health, and your sanity, then I'd say move. Regret is painful! But just don't straddle startup + job for too long (mo

If surfing is that important to you, your health, and your sanity, then I'd say move. Regret is painful! But just don't straddle startup + job for too long (more than 6 months). It just doesn't work. A startup without full time effort is practically a waste of time. It won't get the attention it deserves and is much more likely to stall out. Plus it really sucks to straddle like that. The other commenter about the super-frugal approach is pretty good advice. That's essentially what I've done 3x now. One right out of college with a monthly burn of ~$1000. Once after .com crash in NYC with a burn of about $2000. And once when I was single in Atlanta, about the same. $24k will get you a year of startup time at those kinds of burn rates. If after a year you can't generate cash flow for expenses or borrow against a strong pipeline then it's time to move on anyway. Also, don't do it alone. Ever. Just not a good idea. 2+ people minimum, 1 biz and 1 dev.