[robocat]

That is irresponsible advice.

What if it loses them their job and they struggle to get an equivalent job?

What if they have any financial responsibilities?

Great advice if you can change careers or easily slip into another position (which they've said they're worried they can't). Fine advice if you're a hippy hobo like me.

Hopefully they can find some other motivating force apart from the tech. Read https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr... Concentrate on other goals like learning how to influence the business, rather than technical goals.

[nonrandomstring]

> That is irresponsible advice.

"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is That it's better to regret something you have done Than to regret something you haven't done." "And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend,,,"

[robocat]

Regrets are hard to measure - the things you didn't do are usually hypothetical and often only occur due to perfect hindsight - using information you didn't have at the time you made your choice.

Optimising for immeasurables is not a good path to success in my opinion (and I have some external measures of success in my own life, plus some failures).