Career path decisions

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Hi all, I'm on a verge of quitting my current job as a .NET programmer. i'm 25 years old and have been a .NET programmer in the past 5-6 years, but now i wonder if maybe i should take this opurtunity and try some other things, like RT\Embedded or Driver development.

My pro\cons:

i love .NET since you can write enterprise systems with it, learn cool development methodologies and practice many patterns
i want to learn RT\Embedded\Driver since its at the heart of so many things and i'm feeling this is a black hole for me.

My question are:

Is making career leaps a good idea?
How can i manage to get myself into a job in RT\Embedded as my whole Resume has c# written all over it.
What should i bet my cards on this days? android? java? flash? silverlight? etc?

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