@Edent "How do I introduce myself in this brave new world?"
Well, you're still an IT person, right? Not having a job doesn't change that.

I mean, I still consider myself a historian of the Later Roman Empire, even though I never earned one cent with it. Or a browser researcher, even though my last bout of serious research was like eight years ago. I've got the skills and the basic knowledge, I just need a bit of practice to start it all up again.