Thanks chaps
Some good points to think about there.

To those who have basically said I'm lazy and should develop the company - do you honestly think that I would be considering doing what I'm doing if I hadn't exhausted those sorts of options?

I think perhaps one point that I didn't make clear in the OP was that I'm also losing faith in my boss and his ability to keep his promises. At the beginning he told me that I would have "more work than I could possibly do" and that he'd be involved full-time. Now at the time he said that he must have known about his obligations to his old company. So either he was lying to me or hadn't thought things through properly - neither is a good basis on which to jack in your career.

But I do take the point about finding more of an outlet in a way that can help people and give my life a bit more meaning without jacking in the money and (somewhat vague) future prospects. I'm already taking a part-time MA, but there's the prospect of getting involved in a couple of community websites that would help, as well as my writing.

So thanks all, if anyone's interested I'll let you know how things go.
(Axeman Jim, Tue 27 May 2008, 12:44, Reply)