Career paths

Seven years ago, I left an excellent IT management position to start my own company.  Was this a mistake?  It's easy to look back on it and say yes.  But, is that the right way to look at it?  If my company had succeeded, would I have the same answer?  Of course not.  You can not define the circumstances from which you currently dwell on the decisions of the past.  It's easy to say "if only".  It's much better to say "what's next".

Yes, my IT career, to put it in computer vernacular terms, has to be rebooted.  Few companies will look at an IT manager who has been out of the enterprise environment for 7 years (in IT dog years that is 49 years).  I should only look at what I can control.  What I can control is the direction taken and the skills attained.  Lets move forward.