[jasonkester]

It depends on how much money you have saved. If you have a full year's living expenses then yeah, go for it. If not, reevaluate how you managed to work a contract for two entire years and not sock away a lousy ten grand :).

So assuming the answer to the above is "enough", then yes. Quit and take some time. Actually, I'd recommend booking a flight somewhere interesting, then quitting. Otherwise you run the risk of spending your downtime in your apartment reading HN in your boxers.

As to your career, it will survive just fine. My resume is more Gap than Work most years, and it has never hindered finding another gig. I actually found that traveling stocked me up with lots of good stories that could be pulled out during an interview to win "this sounds like a fun guy to work with" points. It turns out that those are actually scored higher than "this guy has memorized bubble sort" points in the minds of the people that will be making hiring decisions, so I always considered travel to be a net positive for the career.

Good luck!