Serious talk: quitting your job to focus full time on your hustle, what did/does it take for you?

I've done that almost ten years ago. I'm originally from Brazil and had just received a promotion offer for my employee in Ireland, where I lived at the time, but I was already in conversation with two friends to start our company. I though a lot, but in the end I left and moved back to Brazil to live in my friend's house. He had a spare room and it became my home and our office. I had some saving for a year living with bare expenses (nearly 10% of my previous expenses). To be honest it was a lot easier than I expected. I didn't miss my previous lifestyle and was really excited creating our first product. Don't get me wrong, as the time pass and you don't get new income you start to get nervous, look at other options and so on. Our first product flopped completely and we were looking for consulting gigs to extend our time when we met some entrepreneurs in an event that loved our product and asked to invest on us. From there we still spend another year and half to get back to my previous income and the rest is history. It's a completely different experience than being employed. I wouldn't change it for anything but I think it depends on your moment in life, your economic conditions and how many people depend on you. Today for example even after I've had a good exit (not life changing) and with a lot more saving I'm holding up on leaving my current position (CTO on an EdTech) to go full time on my personal projects. I'm pretty confident I'm going to do it again. But I'm starting as a side project to see if it works.

Thanks for sharing @david_tedaldi1! This one is one hell of a topic! In my case I never felt like doing it all alone, in my case it's been finding the right people to work with!

First of all, this is not an easy decision for anyone. In my case there are 2 things which helped me jump the bandwagon: - Financial security for at least an year (for me and my family) - Amazing friends turned co-founders to start something with So glad that I took that plunge back then. We have had hard times as well, but worth it.

Leaving something steady and stable to go all in is hard. To me, it has come down to that nagging feeling that I'll always wonder what if. No big corporate job has left me with that same feeling or pull.

Great share! Thanks David. Also, a lot of confidence in the core team and the vision

Ideally, the hustle forces you to quit. So maybe the hustle starts blowing up, or you realize a bigger opportunity awaits, etc. My story: I was a lawyer. My company Sleek got accepted into YC on a Monday night. I quit Tuesday. It happens quick

Quitting your job to focus full time on a side hustle is not a good idea. Was laid off several time in 70's due to a lot of different things. Oil embargo, then companies moving operations overseas. Kept on working at a regular job. Started different side hustles. Learned first hand so to speak about business. Multi-level marketing was not successful by people I knew. Who were personally involved. Decided early own to get serious about how to start a business. Started a Sub Chapter S Corporation. After speaking to a Certified Public Accountant. Verified knowledge received from CPA. With business oriented attorney. Who helped setup a Sub Chapter S Corporation. Started different side hustles. All were run under one business, company, as a Sub Chapter-S Corporation.

Make enough money from the side hustle to pay “life support”. Then build from there. It’s hard to have two jobs but the sooner you get to MFP (Minimum Financial Position) the sooner you can quit.

oooh this is tough. I did not go back to work after my startup got rolling. just need to be in a good spot financially, a trade to lean on if it doesn't work so can get back into the workforce quick.

I was so focused and passionate about doing my own thing that it was easy for me to take the call. And since running my own startup was my passion I was able to sustain myself on a low monthly budget for a long time. Besides this, I also had support and backup from my parents who believed in my dream.