Cedarhurst, IMHO, it pays to get MORE education while you are in limbo. Get updated in your field and don’t compartmentalize. The computer field changes day by day, out with the old and in with the new, if you are staying in this field try to make sure you know everything there is to know about it or you might be left behind in the dust. Take whatever courses you need to be kept up to date even if it means that you will veer off what has been tried and true for you. You have and always will have the basics but you might have to tweak your knowledge and skills to be current in todays market.
But don’t give up hope because Hashem is in charge, we as humans can only do our histadlus. My son is in the Real Estate field and when things hit rock bottom and he was out of work, he was on the verge of losing his home. He asked his younger brother to help him out and together they started a local magazine just to keep afloat. It didn’t pay his mortgage but for one year it certainly put food on his table and kept him from feeling worthless and hopeless. At this point in time he is back on his feet B”H and back where he belongs. As I said, we have to do OUR histadlus and Hashem takes care of the rest.
So I know that you are trying very hard, but what is it that you can still do, which path have you not tried that maybe Hashem is waiting for you to take. It is very difficult to make changes and it is very difficult to learn something new, but at times that is what we have to do to keep up with changing tides.