Need some help and advice. I'm looking to get back to work, but I've got a 6 month gap on my resume. I took some time off to deal with depression, take care of my health, and be a single full time parent. I was previously working remotely as a senior software engineer and had a really needy child with health issues going through separation anxiety. I couldn't choose my job over my child.
It was difficult to focus and I fell way behind on work. She's young, but now that my kid started school I have time again to get a job.
I quit my last job without two weeks notice or anything. Really happy to say I chose myself and my child over a job, but I'm not sure how that will affect things if they do whatever kind of reference check they would do.
Would appreciate some advice on how to make that 6 month gap look good. I did do other things, but they weren't tech related. I helped my best friend start a catering business and also learned how to garden using inexpensive natural farming methods. I'm currently brushing off the rust, learning a new tech stack, and hopeful to get into AI. Thanks in advance for any help, I posted this here hopeful that the community would be more sympathetic. Was hoping to make this anonymous but I'm not much of a reddit user and wasn't sure how.