Programming Jobs

I've never had a job, and most of the formal education I've received absolutely sucks, but I've spent years programming and I've become fairly decent at it. As you'd probably expect from a fellow /prog/rider, the only languages I really use on a daily basis are C and Lisp, so some kind of work using those languages would be ideal for me (but I guess there's no harm in learning other languages, right?)

Anyway, I'm wondering if any one could spare some advice on how I'd start making money with programming.

>>9

Nobody said you didn't have to see the people you work with. Contractors come in to work like everyone else at a lot of companies.

Write something neat in a fuckin web language or two and apply to some places while you're doing it.

For the record are you self taught or do you have a CS education? Not that it matters a whole lot, just wondering. If you do, it could help all the more. If you don't, who gives a fuck.