[maxduckworth]

What did you do at the end of the two years? Were you able to move back into a full-time position successfully?

[wnolens]

Yes, I peeled myself out of bed to leetcode and got back into full time. It wasn't fun.

I was pretty confident I could get back in, that was the safety net that let me walk out of a job with nowhere to land.

Honestly didn't imagine I'd use it, and I don't love it. But it beats the alternative right now. My entitlement was through the roof :) I'm more grounded now.