One nice thing is that I've had several ideas of things that I've been wanting to develop bouncing around in my head for the last several years.  I've just really never had the time or freedom to develop them.  Now I've got both and am thinking that maybe the time is right. Especially considering a lot of people are asking for code samples and I technically can't give them any because everything I've developed over the last 6+ years is owned by my former employer.  This would allow me to also provide them with some code samples. Now to only work up the energy to both search for a job AND do this at the same time.