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I'd really like to go back to building and creating things like the way i felt when i was a developer...though the excessive rust is crazy scary, and makes me f

• brudgers 10y ago
  My random advice from the internet. 1. Getting paid to do something you like to do is nice work if you can get it. 2. It might be that as you unrust the pay may rise. With the demand for programmers, it might not even take much of a hit depending on how competitive your former employer was with the open market for programmers. 3. Don't sell your programming skills short. You probably know what production code looks like and understanding that context has value to experienced business people. 4. The background in corporate settings may make you attractive to consulting firms because you can probably be trusted with clients. Of course all of that is tempered with a lack of knowledge about any family and financial obligations. But my major advice is to use this time to expand your pool of options by, if nothing more, contacting people that might have the job you really want. Good luck.