Ah to be young again! I'm afraid the OP is going to find that starting a business will NOT let you be a full-time developer. You're going to spend a lot of ti

Ah to be young again! I'm afraid the OP is going to find that starting a business will NOT let you be a full-time developer. You're going to spend a lot of time learning aspects of doing business that didn't even know were happening. This can also be fulfilling if you look at growing the business as a development process but if you're really looking to code for 40 hours a week I'm afraid you'll be disappointed again. I think part of your problem is the idea of a "dream job". Jobs are contracts that lead to you getting paid in exchange for hours. It sounds like management was wasting some of those hours but that's their perogative. My advice is that your identity is NOT your job and that if you feel the need for the zen of 8 straight hours of writing code then you should have a side-project.