[aynyc]

See if you can get a job in enterprise world. While result might vary, as developers, you are fairly removed from the politics. As long as you fall in line, you get a lot of freedom. If you are good, and with a little luck, you get to join really good teams, and you'll get better projects as time goes on.

That being said, if you want to be in the Special Forces, you better be really really really good. I don't mean just technology, but handling product managers, managements, etc..