Yes. Several times.
Most recently, quit a lucrative gig in tech consulting to build @RobinsCafeSF.
Sold the cafe 3 years later. (Thank god!)
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So many times, but what is an example of not a startup but not free-agent for generic higher freedom? I quit a very nice position producing video for a land developer in TX to move to NYC and attend
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Yeah... writing a novel or screenplay, social work, Doctors Without Borders, inventing your own programming language, working on Riemann hypothesis...
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Quit finance (quant, IB, funds management) to write sci-fi for teenagers
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Honestly, I treated it like a startup though. And I think that has helped a lot both in managing my mood/nerves, and in my focus/strategy.
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(This is a very happy list of replies to read! Thank you for starting this thread!) About a year ago, I left Khan Academy, where I was doing edtech R&D, roughly to start an experimental media studio with
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Thanks! Your work is incredibly delightful :D I've sent the experiments to countless friends!
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In 2011, I quit my job as an academic librarian (full benefits, pension) to buy & run the local independent movie theatre when the previous owner put the business up for sale ($50,000 Canadian).
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Left lawyering in 2007 to join the US Foreign Service. Kids 12, 10, 8, 5. Scary, frustrating, exhilarating by turns. 5 countries, 3 languages later, now empty nesters overseas(weird). Just got a letter from my eldest listing how the decision enriched his life.
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