The Biggest Move in my life (so far)

I've decided to quit a very "nice" job in order to pursue start-up ambitions. Also, I'm relocating from Hyderabad to my hometown, Ghaziabad (near Delhi).

The intended audience of this post includes me (or myself? my English bad!) in a few months' time - when I won't get an sms every last working day of the month telling me my salary has been deposited in my account. It is one thing to think "this is not easy" and another thing to actually live it "not easy".

I know I'm in the former state right now, but this is not an overnight decision. This "move" was waiting to happen all these months. The apparent "suddenness" is the result of giving people the impression that I'm happy in the current state. I am not unhappy with my job, I just believe that this is how jobs are, and switching jobs will change little.

What happens next? In the worst case two years from now I'll be working the same way as I'm working now. I won't be "unemployable". I won't starve. I might go broke, but that's not so bad if I don't have loans to pay and no family to feed.

I'm an optimist - so I should also tell myself the best and average case. Best case, I have my 35th birthday on board my own yacht, Pink Floyd playing in the background, champagne flowing everywhere (and all that jazz) :) . Average case, I go through a rough couple of years, then watch things get better, earn reasonably well, and most of all, have a lot of fun in the entire journey being my own boss (I've always hated having a boss).

Its a brave move (so my friends tell me). But its the right time to be brave. With age energy level goes down while responsibility level goes up. If I take the same decision 6 months or a year from now, I will have lost that time to nothing great - just routine job with little or no growth (its a bad economy after all).

As I re-read this draft I realise its a partial answer to "why I made this move". Of course my relatives will probably think I got laid off! If any of you have similar ambitions you should take the plunge. Or you can wait to see how I end up before deciding. Either way, have an interesting year. Over and out.