I personally know several people who quit and left behind seven figure payouts who did so because they were stressed out and hated the environment in which they found themselves. Every single one of them has, at one time or another, noted that this was a stupid mistake and they should have just ground through to at least the next big vesting cliff. Without exception.
They're all doing OK now, and all of them had done OK before that, but I think that for every person who claims no regrets, there's someone like the people I know who did it for similar reasons but have decided that it was, all in all, a dumb thing to do.
Maybe when this author is past the "Last week I left my cushy job at Amazon" (first line of the essay) phase, he or she may also conclude this was silly. People have a way of re-evaluating things.
They're all doing OK now, and all of them had done OK before that, but I think that for every person who claims no regrets, there's someone like the people I know who did it for similar reasons but have decided that it was, all in all, a dumb thing to do.
Maybe when this author is past the "Last week I left my cushy job at Amazon" (first line of the essay) phase, he or she may also conclude this was silly. People have a way of re-evaluating things.