This just boils down to "what are you looking for in life?"
18 months ago I was at a "high paying job" by most standards. I worked 45 hours a week, had great coworkers, and even generally enjoyed my work.
I left because a regular job gets in the way doing other things that are important to me: enjoying the sun in the middle of the day, not working on tuesday if i don't feel like it, traveling for 3 weeks at a time, etc.
Being incredibly rich or owning shiny toys isn't nearly as important to me as scheduling freedom (and hopefully eventually location independence), so it wasn't for me.
Sure, it'd be great if I somehow had a big payout for doing what I'm doing now, but its not even in the top 5 factors for why I chose to pursue "the startup route".
No amount of encouragement or advice from others who have left their jobs will help you decide if its the right choice for you. You have to dig deep, figure out what you ACTUALLY want, then you can decide if leaving the day job is right for you.
18 months ago I was at a "high paying job" by most standards. I worked 45 hours a week, had great coworkers, and even generally enjoyed my work.
I left because a regular job gets in the way doing other things that are important to me: enjoying the sun in the middle of the day, not working on tuesday if i don't feel like it, traveling for 3 weeks at a time, etc.
Being incredibly rich or owning shiny toys isn't nearly as important to me as scheduling freedom (and hopefully eventually location independence), so it wasn't for me.
Sure, it'd be great if I somehow had a big payout for doing what I'm doing now, but its not even in the top 5 factors for why I chose to pursue "the startup route".
No amount of encouragement or advice from others who have left their jobs will help you decide if its the right choice for you. You have to dig deep, figure out what you ACTUALLY want, then you can decide if leaving the day job is right for you.