Nice, you have a second wave coming, hopefully you will take advantage of it. Me personally, took few logs months off between the jobs (was planning to do a full year) just to calm down and really focus on myself. I would recommend that to everyone. Ask yourself, what do YOU want? Not what seems nice or almost fits your skill set, no! What DO YOU want? What kind of people you want to work with, does the product or company fits your believes (religious or philosophical or otherwise) Be honest with yourself, you know what needs to be done and you know how to do your job, you already proved that. Scout the market and the competition with no stress or time limit... Did the fundamentals of your profession change? If they did, nothing wrong wit learning new things. Life constantly changes and we need to adjust. There is a saying that the man doesn't step into the same river twice (paraphrasing here) . The river changed, new water flow, you have changed, etc. More importantly, take your time, do not rush and again be honest with yourself, do what feels right. You are the captain, do what's right by YOU.