I was self-employed for 5 years. Ran my own consulting company and was then an EIR for a bit. My advice: give yourself time to make the switch back to full-tim

I was self-employed for 5 years. Ran my own consulting company and was then an EIR for a bit. My advice: give yourself time to make the switch back to full-time employment. You may find your skills and interests don't necessarily make you an ideal candidate for many roles. When you run your own business, you're the ultimate full stack developer: doing everything from marketing through dev ops. This makes you a less than ideal fit for a lot of full time employment opportunities, where companies aren't necessarily looking to hire people who are passionate about wearing many different hats and doing a lot of different roles. I found smaller startups were generally the best opportunities for me. That said, there are some real benefits to going back to full-time employment. Taxes get simpler, mortgages are easier to get, you can focus on the work you enjoy doing and not the accounting / paperwork stuff that you have to do when you run a business.