I have been improving my home office since I started WFH about 4 weeks ago. Got myself a Philips 43 inch monitor today. Initially I thought it was too big but then after coding on it for about 3 hours, I am already used to it.

For OS I run Manjaro i3wm community edition.

Look at this wagon, honey. It has no horse. FFS.

It looks like you wanted to do OSS but you soon realised that there is potentially good money to be made in commercial software. Your company also spent all the years building a good product but the money bug bit you and you started charging exorbitant prices. The greed kicked in. And now you are whinging because MS came and ate your cake.

Please don't get me wrong on this, making money is the reason why we live in a world which has all these amazing things. But it is a jungle and survival matters here.

You are so right about ageism. I am in my mid-forties and I am already feeling it. I have been rejected from positions because of my age. The feedback most of the time: I am not a good cultural fit.

I do not get lured by Pool table, office BBQs, bowling nights etc. I just want to write good software.

is it bad if i'm 31 and I don't get lured by office events either?

The art of Unix Programming https://amzn.to/2I2CVvX

My first reading of this book convinced me to move away from Windows. I usually read it at-least once a year.

Thank you for your kind words. Funny enough, today I got an email saying that the role I'm interested in is too junior for me. This was an AngularJS role I applied for. I think the perception is that Angular/React/LatestJS-Framework are for younger lot.

As you suggested, the combination hopefully should put me in a good position. Thanks again for encouragement. I really need it.

I can take some risk.

That would be ideal for me. How would I go about getting myself into such a situation? I feel that I have wasted too much time chasing new and sexy.

Might be a good time to renew some old business connections from the past, that could be a good way to start.

Thanks. I have started the process. Step 1 is to update the resume :)