programming.

I enjoy programming. I actually want to make a career out of it. I'm 25 years old and out of college[cs degree], I have had a couple of temp projects and done some websites / etc - but didn't have a steady job in programming. Now I'm a purchasing a purchasing agent and I feel like my lifelong love of computers is slipping away from me. I go home everyday and I'm drained of energy dealing with stupid bullshit from my suppliers who usually lie/lose my faxes etc (frustrating). Anyways, where I'm going with this is, are there any entry level jobs out there these days. Or even free and interesting work (ie projects - telecommuting) I can do for charities. Thanks in advance for your advice.

- A fellow 4chan lurker

I find OO to be very useful but then, I stick to Python whenever I want OO. (In other words, I agree that OO in C++ is a mess and that Java falls short.)

Then again, when I'm using Python I tend to mix and match programming paradigms on the fly so my code is a mixture of Object-Oriented, Procedural, and Python's Functional constructs.