[mikestew]

Good luck, my wife actually tried that after she left a PM job at Microsoft. No one would hire her because they figured she was just biding time until the next high-paying software gig, and would leave shortly after being hired.

[bluntfang]

you don't tell them you used to be a 6-figure corporate employee.

[jlardinois]

Then what do you tell them? Employers will expect that an adult has some kind of work history.

Also, discrimination against overqualified applicants is now illegal in California, but I imagine it still happens.