Pratchett Point


when you realize that staying at your day job causes you to make less money than if you quit.

coined by randall munroe, of xkcd fame, regarding such a realization by terry pratchett.
terry pratchett quit his job as a press officer for the central electricity generating board when he reached his pratchett point with writing full time.

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