[Buttons840]

I'm seriously thinking of doing this myself. I have a date set, I have concrete plans. I want to create some side products and get some passive income and learn new things.

My biggest fear though, is that when I do look for work again, people will say: "That's great that you took that time to learn, I can see that you learned a lot of valuable skills, we want you to be part of our team! -- here's some poorly thought out features we want you to hack into our shitty CRUD app".

[djrogers]

That's kinda like talking yourself out of going on vacation because when you come back you won't be on vacation anymore. Do it for the experience, for the learning, for the growth - don't do it for what happens after.

[Buttons840]

Thanks for that advice. I think you're right, I'm thinking to far ahead about something that might or might not happen.