Is Quitting Without A New Job Lined Up Ever A Good Idea?
We asked people who made the leap without a safety net if the risk was worth it.
When James Horgan quit his job at the software company Riverdeep in 1998, it was for the second time. He'd left his position as a digital designer a year earlier for a job in Italy. When he reached out about rejoining the Dublin-based company, he recalls, "They jumped at the chance to have me back."