After being laid off as result of investor buyout, merging 2 companies together, 4 yrs of double domain upheaval, new business model, hardware changes, major software swapping, remote contractors being remotely supported and an on call phone shared by 3 people making work/life balance nonexistent, I was finally hit by tenured personnel being replaced by contract workers like in most other departments. Was so much that it was almost a relief to have 3 months severance pay for sabbatical purposes but now have been in job search mode for 6 months and just not sure where I am. Nothing but 2/3 pay contract or contract to hire prospects doing what I was doing. Have tried to get other jobs closer to home where work/life balance of no commute time and money offsets the lower pay, ones I'm capable of doing but no experience making a living doing on resume. Just a lot of interviews leading to nothing. Not sure if 33 yrs in IT is it or over qualified appearance of bolting back to other job offer or no resume experience or what. Doesn't seem I can even score entry level stuff. Kind of lost as to what to even try for at this point.