Ok, so I was a web developer (classic ASP, IIS, Sql Server) and a touch of a sys. admin (you might say almost a precursor to devops) from 2000 ~ 2006 for a large, 100 year old enterprise, then moved to tech lead of the small group (still in same company), then moved to different technical project manager roles (at different, though still large enterprise-type companies), and last few years have been a technical product manager (and project manager) in the digital marketing group of one of the world's largest real estate companies. (I oversaw their back end products of their consumer web platforms, their real-time api, etc.)
I haven't touched much (industrial-scale) code for years, except for the occasional personal bash script, Hugo-powered static website, tiny php-powered web application, minuscule flask-powered micro-blog; the sorts of things people do only to play around, or for personal convenience. I've been "lucky" in my almost 20 year professional career to have never before been hit by a layoff...until now. I know I've had a good run compared to many people, but I really have no idea what to do next (professionally speaking)...
I figure I have 3 choices:
* Do the conventional thing (for me historically anyway) and start looking for the conventional sort of job as a Product/project manager (or something similar) at a typical enterprise/company.
* Dive into some hard core code bootcamp, and go back to being what kids used to call "a coder"...and look for jobs as a developer (or devops, or even sys admin).
* Go off and start my own one-man internet/web consulting company (at this point my most used skills revolve around digital product management, digital marketing, technical project management, etc.).
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?
I haven't touched much (industrial-scale) code for years, except for the occasional personal bash script, Hugo-powered static website, tiny php-powered web application, minuscule flask-powered micro-blog; the sorts of things people do only to play around, or for personal convenience. I've been "lucky" in my almost 20 year professional career to have never before been hit by a layoff...until now. I know I've had a good run compared to many people, but I really have no idea what to do next (professionally speaking)...
I figure I have 3 choices:
* Do the conventional thing (for me historically anyway) and start looking for the conventional sort of job as a Product/project manager (or something similar) at a typical enterprise/company.
* Dive into some hard core code bootcamp, and go back to being what kids used to call "a coder"...and look for jobs as a developer (or devops, or even sys admin).
* Go off and start my own one-man internet/web consulting company (at this point my most used skills revolve around digital product management, digital marketing, technical project management, etc.).
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?