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I recently stumbled upon an article called, “If You’re Nervous About Quitting Your Boring Job, Don’t Do It”

As you can tell by the title of my post, I disagree. Let’s put aside the fact that I would not come to the conclusion that Lisa (the case study for the above post) should not have quit her job based purely on the fact that she failed the first time out. That’s completely normal, and I’d be excited to see what Lisa learned and how she applies it to her next endeavor. No, even more than that, I disagree with sentiment of the post.

Who knows what the future will bring, but I think I fall into the category of people “who have built up rare and highly desirable skills” and have accomplished a lot since I left my full-time engineering job to pursue my entrepreneurial passions.

My point here isn’t to brag, but simply to say that when I decided to pursue my passion and the desireable lifestyle of entrepreneurship, quitting my full-time job was one of the most nerve-racking and toughest decisions I’ve ever made, full of doubt and second-guessing. If you are having doubts or second thoughts about quitting your job, then congratulations, you are a pragmatic, rational, sane human-being.

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