I just was telling you what in my experience worked best for me.
I worked in game development for many years... from my own studio. Very successful on that, but I started to get bored of that. I wanted to use my brain more. I was selling games for advertising so in a way it was like making online brochures, though they didn't work online (they were developed for trade shows mostly). So I started shifting fields, slowly changing my game dev skills and experience for other field skills and experience. I can say it worked for me in many ways, but it wasn't easy. However, I couldn't think of a better option than that. If game advertising isn't what makes me happy anymore, I shouldn't be working on that anymore. And probably that works for you too.
Well -- you are right. I'm leaving a company that began as an entrepreneurial venture for me, but then morphed into something where I was to wait several years for my shares (~15%) to vest, during which time I'd basically be a professional manager, grinding the 9-5 without control of the business.
Sucked my heart right out from my rear end is what that did. So it is indeed time for me to find something that makes me more happy!
I worked in game development for many years... from my own studio. Very successful on that, but I started to get bored of that. I wanted to use my brain more. I was selling games for advertising so in a way it was like making online brochures, though they didn't work online (they were developed for trade shows mostly). So I started shifting fields, slowly changing my game dev skills and experience for other field skills and experience. I can say it worked for me in many ways, but it wasn't easy. However, I couldn't think of a better option than that. If game advertising isn't what makes me happy anymore, I shouldn't be working on that anymore. And probably that works for you too.