There was a person at work who was clearly not enjoying their job.  My colleague looks at me and asks, &quot;why doesn&#x27;t he just quit?&quot;  I almost responded, &quot;well, I would want the unemployment!&quot;  Personally, I was kind of shocked at how he thought that was just a matter of fact of what people do. :)  And this was coming from a guy who would disappear for weeks and weeks of vacation to go play team beach volleyball.  He got laid off and the guy who wasn&#x27;t enjoying their job left for a new job.<p>Due to impending funding issues, bizarre founder decisions, and lack of team work, I recently passed the stage of my startup job from &quot;this feels like my baby&quot; to &quot;this feels like a job&quot;.  What&#x27;s been helping me a lot is building something on the side.  It&#x27;s helped me gain new skills, give me ideas of what I want to do, blow off steam, etc.<p>It&#x27;s also helped me realize that if I find something I want to do I should do it, but there&#x27;s also nothing wrong with just having a job as long as I have other things to make up for that.  Plus organizations can change too.  Sometimes for the better.<p>Sorry for this nonsense. :)