I went back to school to get a teaching certificate and taught middle school for three years, a couple of summers at a high school, and three more years as a college lecturer (aka adjunct).

I'm back in tech now, which took hard work getting up to date. I was out for ten years and basically missed a whole lot, such as containers, cloud as the path of least resistance, and React. On the other hand, Linux and Python haven't gone out of style.

I enjoyed my time teaching and the perspective gained. I don't regret it, and I did learn more about my own strengths and weaknesses.