[15:36:45] <halfak>	 Technical_13: Hey dude.  How's life?
[15:37:10] <Technical_13>	 Meh. Sucks. You?
[15:39:08] <halfak>	 That's a bummer.  I'm sprinting to both finish my thesis and design the next major version of Snuggle, so I'
[15:39:13] <halfak>	 ve been off IRC for a while.
[15:39:18] <halfak>	 What sucks?
[15:46:30] <Technical_13>	 I'll be homeless in a month and can't afford to finish school.
[15:47:34] <halfak>	 That sucks dude.  Where are you located?
[15:47:47] <halfak>	 I figured you'd have income down due to your technical skills.
[15:58:48] <halfak>	 Anyway, if you want to talk it out, I'm all ears.  If you're looking to get work in the tech industry, I've got some experience with that.
[16:00:44] <Technical_13>	 I only need like $80k a year to start so I can pay off my student loans up to this point.. :p
[16:01:40] <halfak>	 That's a starting wage for a new BS in CS in the bay area.  You'll get 65-75k where I live in Minnesota.
[16:02:07] <halfak>	 Before the BS, you can get that up to $45k doing some consulting work.  That requires building up a bit of a social network though.
[16:02:20] <halfak>	 I had three jobs when I graduated from college.
[16:02:44] <Technical_13>	 Wow.
[16:03:02] <Technical_13>	 I'm 2 years through my bs
[16:03:10] <Technical_13>	 2 yrs to go.
[16:03:20] <halfak>	 What degree?
[16:03:44] <Technical_13>	 Just a general bs in cis
[16:03:58] <Technical_13>	 They're not specific here.
[16:04:32] <Technical_13>	 Was going to go to Boston for a masters once bs is done to specialize.
[16:07:24] <halfak>	 Gotcha.  If you're interested in web technologies, I'd suggest visiting small business who have a bad web presence.  Don't charge less than $40/hour to help them boost it up.
[16:12:22] <Technical_13>	 Most of my trouble is the divorce.
[16:14:00] <Technical_13>	 I've actually thought about doing some web design.  I plan on focussing on application development / programming.
[16:14:39] <Technical_13>	 Was going to see if I could get in working for Turbine while attending for masters in Boston.
[19:29:03] <halfak>	 I see.  Harder to find odd jobs out of web dev.
[19:29:23] <halfak>	 At least from my point of view.
[19:29:30] <halfak>	 Every business needs a website.  Few business need a software engineer for other systems.
[22:51:57] <Technical_13>	 Hi