I completely understand where the author is coming from. I did literally the same thing. I am fortunate to be in a similar circumstance where I have the savings to weather the storm. The only difference is I was working for a highly dysfunctional manager and team. Towards the last days before I resigned, I was nearly on the brink of panic attacks from every meeting I had with my manager. I could see that my skills as a developer in doing actual, meaningful work had severely atrophied in a short period of time. To anyone that had to make difficult decisions like this, do what is best for you and your loved ones because a job shouldn't define you.