My immediate advice is to include links to some of your best work in this thread or better yet in your HN profile. Where better to show off your skills than on

My immediate advice is to include links to some of your best work in this thread or better yet in your HN profile. Where better to show off your skills than on the leading online community of entrepreneurs? Finding a job, especially one that doesn't suck, is a full-time job in and of itself. In the longer term, if you have the money for it, a Masters in CS is likely a worthwhile financial investment, but spending two (or more) years of your life doing something you aren't excited about is a poor use of your most valuable resource. You seem (I stalked your other posts) like you have the skills and the desire to start your own business. Is your only hold-up the lack of a good idea? If so, email me. I found myself in a similar situation this spring, minus any programming knowledge, and I still decided to take the leap.