You define yourself as &quot;burnt out&quot; and that you &quot;want to take a break&quot;, and your manager is aware. Before you make ANY decision you need to follow your own advice and &quot;take a break&quot;.<p>I highly recommend that you take some time off, and go do something altruistic. Build houses for habitat for humanity, go work in a soup kitchen, dig wells in Africa, what ever you can find that is out side your comfort zone, and more physical than mental.<p>If you don&#x27;t have the vacation time to do it (or don&#x27;t want to use it) then ask for a leave of absence. Your boss is going to probably say NO, and thats an off the cuff answer, but it isn&#x27;t an accurate one. The cost of replacing you is higher (in actual dollars and intangibles, like productivity of new employees) than letting you take a month off (unpaid&#x2F; leave of absence). You may get the &quot;it sets a bad precedent&quot;, the best response is to ask for actual numbers to replace you rather than a &quot;feeling&quot; about what might happen. If all else fails give notice.<p>If you do get the break, put a date on the calendar 2 years out. You can do 2 years standing on your head if you have to. Save as much money as you can and found something else!<p>As others have said your not going to make any where close to what your making at google at a &quot;smaller company&quot;. Unless your ready to found another start up right away, it will be a LONG time before you see that kind of money again.