Once upon a time, a long time ago, I wrote an essay called Quit Your Job that ran on MSN.com. That piece landed on one of their most hits ever lists. This was back during the high-tech boom, there wasn’t a recession like there is now, and so quitting one’s job wasn’t that big of a risk. Anyone with a fifth grade education and rudimentary computer skills could get a gig at one of the gazillion startups. If you didn’t like what you were doing, you could find something else. That’s not the case these days and still, I know, if I encourage people to quit jobs they don’t like, even if they don’t follow through on my advice, the temptation remains strong. By applause, how many of you spend a lot of your cubicle slavery time fantasizing that you could quit to pursue your passion? more ›