I hate to be that asshole on the forum who, instead of answering the question, asks "Why on earth would you want to do such a thing?" but in this case I am lite

I hate to be that asshole on the forum who, instead of answering the question, asks "Why on earth would you want to do such a thing?" but in this case I am literally that baffled, and that curious about what could be driving someone to look for a "job" after all this time. You already seem to have everything you need, and more than most jobs could offer. You said there's a big life change going on, but if that were me, and especially if the change were involuntary, I would try to keep as many things "the same" as possible to minimize the number of things changing at the same time. Anyway if you really do know what you're doing (heh heh), developer evangelist sounds like a good idea, or some kind of architect or team lead type deal (though of course management is its own skill set). You already convinced me you've got a lot on the ball, via your blurb here, so I think yes you'll be fine and you're hirable. Though if I were doing the hiring, I would want to suss out your "close collaboration" chops, since that would be the one thing not explicitly demonstrated by one's history as a solo consultant. Maybe I'd make you do some pair-programming and see what happened!