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Two years of saved living expenses is great, but at a six figure salary, you can easily double that in 6 months. It seems a little foolish to back away so early.

Though I'm sure the short-term result of quitting must be wonderful. I especially liked the anecdote about staying up weeknights to watch B-grade sci-fi.

Best of luck!

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Sure I could double it ... but why? 2 years is far in excess of my planning capability. The effective difference between 2 and 4 for me is basically zero.

(Also! Not having a job doesn't mean I don't have income. I'm still aiming for 50K in the next financial year, even if I fail I'll still meet living expenses comfortably I reckon)

Don't touch at least half of your savings for a zillion reasons.

Good luck on road ahead. This article will be nice to review in the months ahead. I wrote myself a similar note when I made the leap.

xaviershay: I agree with mrtron in that it would be nice to see a follow-up post from you in a year or two to tell everybody what you've done, learned, how it worked out. would be educational for everybody.

Totally, it's on the cards

Being foolish seems to be the purpose of the all thing, isn't it?

It's my favourite advice from Steve Jobs BTW: "Stay hungry, stay foolish."

Some context:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1fdeu_steve-jobs-stay-hung...

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