[tradedash]

Quitting a top tier tech job isn't the difficult part. The difficult part is figuring out what to do next.

I quit my job as a Head of R&D for a major tech/publishing company and started https://tradedash.io (crypto desktop trading platform) with an old friend of mine who also quit his job as one of the first employees in a major fintech unicorn. For both of us, it was hands down the best decision we've ever made career wise.

For years we were depressed, working jobs that we didnt value only for nothing other than the money and stability. Even though I make a whole lot less today, I haven't had a single night where I don't sleep like a baby. Quitting our jobs was the easy part once we figured out what it is that we wanted to do.

For anyone looking to quit their job: figure out what to do next. Once you know what you want to do, everything else will become much easier.

[paulie_a]

Because the author is delusional and thinks people actually give a shit about their "top tier" company...which most likely just sold ads on the internet.

[askafriend]

I think my comment in this link applies to your comment as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16711642

Is this person not allowed to put his own thoughts down on his own personal website? It's not like he's getting on CNN and preaching.

[paulie_a]

My comment was mostly in regards to the snobbiness of the "top tier" aspect. The person is free to explain his decision to leaving a job of course, but the bragging is just sad.

[askafriend]

I think that's fair. Either way people don't need to be so unnecessarily harsh. It was pretty clear OP didn't intend anything particularly harmful. It was probably just naivety or a lack of self-awareness...but people are talking in here about it as if it were pure evil.