So salary wise you should be able to pull a competitive salary. The fact that many of the companies are out of business isn't an issue, when asked describe wha

So salary wise you should be able to pull a competitive salary. The fact that many of the companies are out of business isn't an issue, when asked describe what you have developed and be able to back up the technical details to prove you know your stuff. Other than that, there isn't anything you have to prove as far as the companies go. I don't have a tech degree and it has never gotten in my way, in fact I even removed my degree from my resume back when I was applying for jobs. Even now in consulting when they ask for Founder/key staff details, we leave off my education unless the company is in the health care industry which is where my education is. Some companies do like to see a GitHub profile, if you have anything great, but if not, it is what it is. The answer I find acceptable to that when I talk to a developer is something along the lines of "the code I worked on was for people in the business of making money and they weren't open sourcing anything so I can't publish it". I have gotten variations of this answer and as long as it lines up with the resume (e.g. I don't see an open source company etc) then it is plausible enough, and I don't expect people to write code 24/7 so the fact they put it all into their employment and didn't write extra stuff and publish it in GitHub is fine by me, long as they are competent. As for your side business, if you are spending 2k/month in ads and getting 800% return, then you are pulling in revenue of around 16k a month. If as you said in one of your follow up comments your margins are great then you would be pulling down probably at least $6k/month in net income. If all that is true, and you just don't have a passion for the business (which happens) then sell it, let someone else grow it and you get a job. Selling that business could net you a nice little sum of money, you won't get rich, but it is one hell of a start on a nice savings or retirement account.