Pretty lousy but thanks for asking.

I spent the better part of the 7 years: moving for my spouse (they have a phd with limited regions to work in), helped various family members through health issues, then had a health scare of my own. Now waiting on a partner to have a surgery. After their recovered, I'll finally be getting back out there.

I'd still like to do software work on anything that isn't related to web pages. At this point, I'm not sure how to make that happen.

We do web apps so if that's a disqualifier, might not be able to help. But if you're open to web app development at a large tech company, send me an email. Your story reminds me of my own.

If your grades were good at the small name school a master's degree at a big name school might be both within reach and give you a shot at compiler and OS work.