Right now I am employed by University Residences at Western Washington University building web apps while I work towards my degree. UR is only one of many depar

Right now I am employed by University Residences at Western Washington University building web apps while I work towards my degree. UR is only one of many departments that has a need for tech staff, I'm sure there are tons more job openings than you realize. I was offered a job at the Financial Aid office after I made a simple scraper that took their student job openings and made a UI with better usability. This is an example of the Do What You Love (and money will follow later) idea that is spread around here so often. My advice is to have fun hacking away at as many little projects as possible. Maybe one will get someone else's attention who is in a position to help you out (like what happened with me, but I already am employed by the university). Or maybe you can figure out how to capitalize on one of your little projects. If all else fails you're always building your resume for when you apply around.