Agreed. I'm very happy the OP is taking a risk, because, damnit, now is the time! I think the lesson is we all should be willing to ask "Are we truly happy with our lives?" and take the chance to answer without all of the external signals. There is more to life than a title! And, in my humble experience, titles only correlate with years working and not competence.
If it weren't at Google, then...
... she'd be complaining about the sociopathic politics and "endless email" at Microsoft.
... she'd be thankful to have only 3 conference calls, all within normal working hours, at IBM.
... she'd be fearing the pager (dev) or Wednesday business reviews (non-dev in Retail) and admiring Jeff at Amazon.
... she'd be tired of the arrogance at Facebook (caveat: MANY great people at fb, but there are a few PMs who think they are the second coming...)
... she'd be cursing the exploitation of VC-istan at _[your name here]_ startup.
(This post is from personal experience -- yes, I've worked at each company)
If it weren't at Google, then...
... she'd be complaining about the sociopathic politics and "endless email" at Microsoft.
... she'd be thankful to have only 3 conference calls, all within normal working hours, at IBM.
... she'd be fearing the pager (dev) or Wednesday business reviews (non-dev in Retail) and admiring Jeff at Amazon.
... she'd be tired of the arrogance at Facebook (caveat: MANY great people at fb, but there are a few PMs who think they are the second coming...)
... she'd be cursing the exploitation of VC-istan at _[your name here]_ startup.
(This post is from personal experience -- yes, I've worked at each company)