[andythemoron]

I quit my job in the Fall of 2020 and continued receiving messages from recruiters through last year—easily the best decision I’ve ever made.

I had spent far too long at an enterprise SaaS startup with a nice hybrid schedule and needed a major change. Right after leaving, I took a Machine Learning course and planned to build projects with React Native (my background was primarily in C++ and Python). However, a friend soon asked for financial advice, and that unexpectedly set me on a whole new life path as a financial planner. Definitely a lot of opportunity cost involved in that pivot but I have no regrets.

Last year, I did some consulting for a FinTech company, and I’d love to build again someday—especially now that LLMs make it even more exciting. For now, though, I’m fully embracing the ride, helping others take sabbaticals and explore various flavors of work-optionality.