>>You are dead wrong. I was raised to be self reliant and I always have been until now. And I can't wait for that to change. Do you think I like this?!
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>>If anyone wants to give me a job, I'll take it. How's that? My VFP and SQL Server skills are pretty good and .NET is not bad. I'm not asking for a handout.
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>>Didn't you just say in another post that you turned down a job because it wouldn't pay you enough? How about looking for any honest job that will pay you an honest wage?
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>I should have taken it. Maybe. Would you have taken a temp job for $31 an hour and no benefits?

If I was not working, I would take a job for 7.50/hr and no benefits.....even two or three of them (I've done that before). Take the hours a dedicated developer works and the actual hourly wage goes way down anyway....not to mention you are being productive working period.