The bay Area is far away, but what about Austin? Austin has a lively tech scene, and quite a few startups looking for employees. Find a menial job so you aren't

The bay Area is far away, but what about Austin? Austin has a lively tech scene, and quite a few startups looking for employees. Find a menial job so you aren't desperate, and find the local RoR/other programming related meetups to ask about job opportunities. Housing is cheap over the summer near the university, since many students want to sublease their apartment while not in school. Coops near UT campus also provide very cheap summer housing (you don't need to be a student for this). Meet people in the RoR community, work on some more substantial projects for your Github, and ask others in the community for help learning and applying for jobs. Contribute to an RoR open source project. Give it the summer, and reconsider your options in the fall. It's okay to not have a job right away. It's okay to get a job not related to your degree. There are jobs available for inexperienced developers, it just might take some time to find them. If this is what you want to do, you can do it. You aren't a student, but it may be worth calling the UT natural sciences career center and ask to be put on the mailing list about job opportunities in cs. They know who's hiring, and the worse that can happen is they say no.