Thanks /prog/ I couldn't have done it without you! My knowledge of Haskell, Lisp, Scheme, SICP and Jews gleaned from this board and when inverted so that I made sure never to discuss them during the interview were instrumental in landing the job offer!
>>6 scrounging food out the trash at the Sussman's house.
I got a boner by reading that.
Also, working as a programmer is not the only way of making a living. There's always server/network administration and other stuff that's much less stressing and probably pays about the same.