Getting work as a contractor isn't too awful hard, especially if you are skilled and can hold a meaningful conversation with another human. Go to industry conf

Getting work as a contractor isn't too awful hard, especially if you are skilled and can hold a meaningful conversation with another human. Go to industry conferences. Shake hands. Let folks know that you are a software developer and love coding for folks. I'll bet that you end up after each conference with several people you can do contract work for. Do great work and these folks will be telling their friends and you'll have more work heading your way than you know what to do with. You might find that this condition is the best thing that happened to you. You work for yourself, on your own schedule, for folks that you truly like and work that you enjoy doing!