Good ideas! Thanks for the suggestions. The thing I would say is that I think a step into the embedded world is quite tangible for me, but I want to be working

Good ideas! Thanks for the suggestions. The thing I would say is that I think a step into the embedded world is quite tangible for me, but I want to be working on more of the datacenter wired/high-speed networks. I suppose the best places to look would be network hardware companies, then.