I currently work in IT operations, mostly with UNIX and Linux. For a variety of reasons, I am burned out and tired of it. I would like to move to more of a development or programmers role. I have 7 or so years until FI, so waiting it out isn't what I want to do.
I have done lot of small programming projects with C, Python, C++, perl, and shell scripts at my current and previous job. I am comfortable with memory management, concurrency, input validation, and other good practices. I am so-so with Java, never built anything, but have read and troubleshot Java code. I haven't done much with SQL or any of the latest buzzword frameworks.
I don't have a lot of free time to contribute to or build my own open source project, but could make some if necessary.
Any advice?