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I've just wrapped up a 23 year career in high-tech, and I'm also looking to do something else. A small business seems like the most likely thing, maybe HVAC or something like that. As far as high-tech goes, forget it. The field has been destroyed by our insane immigration policies, our H1-B policies and our "free trade" policies.

I hear you loud and clear my friend, I'm in exactly the same situation. I've been in IT for 15 years and have had a wide variety of experience. Just finished up a Masters in CS, but haven't been able to find steady work now for 18 months. I've finally given up and I'vw started working towards my E-2 license. It's a long haul, at very low pay, but I've had it with all these IT hiring managers. With luck I'll be self employed in about 6 years.

You're story is typical of what I have heard. It is a sad state of affairs when our own government has catered to the whims of a select few, resulting in the destruction of untold numbers of careers and opportunities for highly productive and intelligent US Citizens..

Just finished up a Masters in CS, but haven't been able to find steady work now for 18 months.

Do you have a lot of student loans to pay?