I've tried to rationalize my own jump out of academia a while ago, which I did after passing my mid-term tenure review (I'm currently with Mozilla, happily pushing the boundaries of the web).
In doing so I came up with a (super-scientific!) "professional satisfaction formula":
In doing so I came up with a (super-scientific!) "professional satisfaction formula":
http://blog.arturadib.com/the-formula-for-professional-satis...