Quitting Tech Jobs

Yes. But I understand you, and I agree. I was there. I quit my job in a big tech company a few months ago so I could work on more interesting problems. I started a company a few months, and it's been hard - exactly what I was hoping for.

I spent close to 6 years at a startup before quitting. I was an early employee there. Deep within my heart I knew I had to. I couldn't explain it to my friends or my family what made me take this decision. All I knew was it was about time. I just got too comfortable working there. Life became too monotonous. In the end, I just followed my heart. After 8 months, I might be making a bit less money, I might have given away a significant part of the equity I owned, but I'm happy. I've

In 2017, I was burnt out and at the end of my rope. All I wanted was to quit and run away and consider a change in careers, much like you. Without any backup plan, I quit my very lucrative job. Thankfully, my partner was okay with my decision. I was expecting to feel dread and constant anxiety that I wasn't providing for my family. Yet, once I walked out of that building, the opposite was true. I couldn't feel more relieved.I took a few months off, which, I know, is a luxury that no

Quitting a job after 9 years once I realized I wasn't happy there anymore. I'm not the type who likes change, but this was the best decision I made in my life. I now work at a company with a much better culture, with a significant salary bump (over 4 years here and still happy with it).This taught me to not be afraid to make significant changes, even when the outcome is not so certain.

I quit my job in web development for the same reasons a few years ago and have been much happier for it. Good luck!

I got a job...but quit five years later because I hated it. In fact, I am happy I spent 11 years post-graduate because I didn't have to waste my life participating in a sick corporate world and working. Now I'm working to be independent and without those 11 years getting used to not working in the traditional way, I would not have the general intuition to break off from the system.

(Using a throwaway account for this...)I got burnt out a Big Company. The politics, idiocy and short-sightedness finally got to me. I felt sick, couldn't get up in the morning at all. One day, I decided to just quit. They didn't believe me at first; but I insisted. So they had to let me go.I had some money saved up (I am a saver, so that helps). Been out of work for more than a year; living in SF and just playing with whatever catches my fancy. Docker, Hadoop, ML, Go, etc. etc. I

At my previous job, I simply benched for 11 months, It was pain just to reminding myself that I'm doing nothing. It was hard to move on. Lot of good people around but I made a choice, I don't regret it, I'm happy, What I earn now is 1/4th of what I used to get (currently freelancing). I feel alive.When you can't decide, answer is no - Naval Ravikant

Similar story here. 29, had been working at a big tech company for almost 4 years. Didn’t really enjoy the work, definitely didn’t enjoy the 1 hour commute. Tried to convince my manager to let me work remotely but was rejected, so I decided to take the leap and quit* . I didn’t have a specific plan for what I wanted to do. I just knew I wanted to do some traveling, work on passion projects, and cultivate some new hobbies.It’s been 2 months and I have zero regrets. In that time I started and f

I just did this. It has only been a few months and I keep beating myself up about not being productive enough since quitting or things I should have done to stay and make things better.At the end of the day, those that are close to me tell me it was the right choice and I do feel like it was to get out of a hostile job that up until the last few years I truly loved. The loss of some of my closest coworkers has been hard — but connecting more with my family has been lovely and made me realize