If your in any city in US/Canada that has even a small startup culture, go to their meetups. I can think of 20 U.S. cities that would be easy to hook into the

If your in any city in US/Canada that has even a small startup culture, go to their meetups. I can think of 20 U.S. cities that would be easy to hook into the local IT scene. Tell us where you are and maybe someone can plug you in. Also, many of the online resources such as elance and oDesk have US and Canadian profiles.