Speaking as a former enterpreneur, I don't think having a BS represents anything at all. Speaking as an employee, one thing I came to notice was that the BEST

Speaking as a former enterpreneur, I don't think having a BS represents anything at all. Speaking as an employee, one thing I came to notice was that the BEST people I worked with did not even attend an IT course (they had graduations on other areas, like math or physics - one in english literature!). Of course there were some IT bachelors in the bunch - what I'm trying to say is that, as far as I've noticed, it didn't make anyone better than the ones without a degree on the field. I'd get to know new technologies, get to meet new people (both online and offline), take part on things (like JUGs or other technology groups - even give a try at setting up my own, maybe), get involved on open source, write. Investing in a bit of hype also helps - like jumping on RoR one year ago, when it was 1.0, for instance, would automatically turn you into a 'Rails Hacker', which is a 'niche'. Bottomline: I don't really think getting back to work or learning 'low level stuff' would really help in anyone's career (except if you plan on becoming an academic).