Your own company? You can do it (2011)
My POV:<p>1) You can keep your job. Just always build things on the side. It keeps you coding for play and not just for work.<p>2) Try to sell the things you build. You don&#x27;t need to be fully polished on day one. In fact, you shouldn&#x27;t be and can&#x27;t be because you need real customers to really understand their needs.<p>3) you can find the numbers online, but my saas project Cronitor had just $500mrr after seven months. You need patience and to adjust your work factor to match the available outputs. By letting it coast a bit while it picked up momentum we prevented burnout. When it started to grow faster we could pour some attention in and level up the product.<p>4) grow it while you work your day job. This is easy at first and grows harder. Having a partner is important here. Alternative: a business where a little downtime is not a big deal.<p>5) when it gets stressful, know your commitments. Your day job gets first bite and when you can&#x27;t do that anymore you know it&#x27;s time to move on and do it full time.<p>Most importantly the tldr is: quit your job after you&#x27;ve replaced most of your salary. And before you quit enjoy the incremental income.