If you are going to be coding, I would think that you are not going to be in too much danger - they aren't going to ship you  out to places to install things in the thick of battle, right?<p>I say go for it.  IIRC the entirety of the $200K will be tax free.<p>While there, network amongst the people there (you should be able to make some long term friends) and well, who knows where those contacts will lead afterwards.