Ask HN: Moving back into tech industry from consulting

Ask HN: Moving back into tech industry from consulting
2 by hestefisk | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Dear fellow hacker community. I am at the crossroads of my career. I started my Comp Sci grad career in software development for a Unix / networking consultancy until where I learnt networking and software development ‘in the trenches’ with Perl and C. Later I moved into enterprise systems doing Java EE (J2EE) and .Net. After completing my MBA I started a generalist business consulting career where I have spent the last six years with a large global consulting firm. I have done a ton of work in financial services where my software background has enabled me to run miles around other consultants because of my ability to juggle numbers at scale. I am now about three-four years to partner in the firm and they have just reconfirmed their unequivocal backing to get me there. $ is good but work hours are long and often involves a lot of travel. I miss working in tech and was wondering if anyone else has done the same jump back into the tech industry from a generalist consulting role? I miss having fellow geeks as my peers, I miss tinkering with technical problems and the pace of change. However I also know I am too ‘senior’ for going back into a developer role. Becoming some sort of architect would be ok, but the 9-5pm cooperate environment hours gives me the shivers. I still want to be able to feel the ‘rush’ of business development. So perhaps a start up tech role might be more appropriate. Seniority or not, I can still be hands on and love cutting code and debugging tech problems. Any ideas or suggestions on possible career moves? FYI - I am Sydney based and also looking for international opportunities into Singapore, Hong Kong and other major cities.