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Thanks for the info. I'm kind of burned out on the shiny new things, so C and maintainability sound like a breath of fresh air. I think reading an OS paper from ~1983 that described what is effectively Kubernetes (with working prototype written in ML) really drove home how little the fundamentals of our industry change.

The way I describe my career goals now is: I want to work in a domain where quality and performance is the product.

I hadn't considered getting an MBA and using it in that way, that's something that I will take a hard look at. Thanks for the advice!