I went looking. After years of cruft work, I took some time off to pursue other interests. When I was ready to come back to software development, I took a goo

I went looking. After years of cruft work, I took some time off to pursue other interests. When I was ready to come back to software development, I took a good hard look at the things I actually enjoyed doing, then went looking for organizations that did that stuff. I was fortunate to have the breathing room to be deliberate in my search.