[mmaunder]

I embarked on a working holiday to the UK in 1998. Quit my job in South Africa and left with nothing but a backpack. Opened up my world, I worked for Coca Cola, the BBC, an investment bank, got wrapped up in the dot com boom, met my American wife, met the smartest people in the world, some invested in me, moved to the States, started a business that now has millions of customers and a team of 40 that my wife and I 100% own. So I guess I lean towards GO!! NOW!! :-) Best of luck.

[lukeandrew]

I'm at a similar place to GP. Reading this comment and the employment[1] page for Defiant was a great reminder of some of the things I've been struggling with lately (and how alternatives can look). Congrats on taking the leap many years ago and setting up a company with a deliberate work culture that sounds brilliant to be part of!

[1]: https://www.defiant.com/employment/

[Cyphase]

Wordfence is pretty cool. Heard about it and your security research for years before I ever used the plugin, then started using it with a client in the past couple years. My time with it is ending shortly (see my comment elsewhere on this thread[0]), but it's been great. Thanks!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43528309

[allpratik]

This is just the right dose of motivation required for me now! Deciding to take a break and hopefully end up like this!

Thanks for this! :)

[changexd]

thanks for the story, one of the reasons I want to do this is to let go of control and to believe in myself so I can face unpredictable future, I will never know if future will get better or not, but I'll definitely be mentally stronger when I do this, cheers!