Then there's another article on the front page (From $80,000 a year to eviction) full of stories of people leaving their jobs and then getting screwed when they need a new one.
Not everything is as simple as "leave your crappy, back-breaking job and you'll be happy." At the very least, you need enough money to live with some level of comfort.
I say many people here are interested in startups more for the sake of financial freedom than for making cool stuff. The startup aspects of startups only detract from making cool stuff. So, we should be focusing more on financial freedom.
Not in the sense of constricting all HN posts to be about financial freedom, but at least devoting some thought to developing easy, dependable, and efficient plans for achieving it. As of now, I have seen 0 posts, excluding my own, on the topic. I don't expect people to jump on my bandwagon, or do my work for me. But, I will put together a plan and post it within the next couple months, to prove my point.
Not everything is as simple as "leave your crappy, back-breaking job and you'll be happy." At the very least, you need enough money to live with some level of comfort.