Big picture... things could be far far worse for you.<p>Its pretty hard to give any sort of advice with such little information. I&#x27;ll just say you really can&#x27;t fall in love with the technology but rather you should love solving problems... ie be technology agnostic. There are lots of real world problems still left to be solved.<p>I also have some doubts that you seriously took advantage of working at Microsoft. I can tell you working from home with my own company you really really miss learning from others. The idea making synergy and excitement of being around other smart people even if its only during lunch break is a huge highly underrated benefit long term.... and now you will be sitting on a couch.<p>I honestly can&#x27;t figure out if it is your goal to just program simple little programs with assemble or C? Is that what makes you happy? Did Microsoft not challenge you enough? Again serious lack of information.