[todaysAI]

Back in the early-90s, I quit IBM Lab job the same way. I was single but had a mortgage, car payments, and just quit on a whim because I just could not work. Would stare at the screen and just couldn't do it.

I had the idea of creating a service to optimise poorly-running software because I did a bit of that at IBM. So I took 2 weeks vacation, cold-called and got 2-3 appts and quit. Didn't understand business or anything really. Only got one paid gig for $600.

Went into consulting for a few years while building software to sell. My girlfriend at the time got me into real estate and I developed a neat little package which netted me $90,000 first year (not bad back then) plus yearly upgrades. Then somehow got into telecommunications when the deregulation happened. Never really had a typical 'employee' job. Had countless failures, one medium success, and one big success.

Moral: Never wait until things are 'ready' before quitting. It's like deciding to have a kid; there is no good time. It's amazing what hard work and the threat of failure will do to one's motivation.