[mburbank]

Money is nice, leaving work for others to do is a minor bummer which will be soon corrected and they'll get over; but essentially there's no compelling reason for you to not do what you've already decided to do. The sooner you face the music and tell who you have to tell the sooner you can stop anticipating it.

George is right though, as momentarily amusing as telling off a boss might be, never burn career bridges. If he gives you a long lecture on how wrong you are to bail from the corporate world into the indie world, just grin and bear it. You may be able to exploit your connection to him at some later date.