Thank-you all for replying. Your responses have been helpful.
to blossom: I’ve applied to around 35 ish IBM positions, 4 interviews, one flew me down for an on-site interview… The other candidates, I guess, are just a little bit better. Some of the local Vermont tech companies have interviewed me… but most of the time they voice, I “don’t have the necessary experience”. I’ve made a few projects,read about EE and CS ( I’m that “geek” who found a Basic Electronics 5 vol. set at Goodwill, and am currently 3/5th the way through), and am solving projecteuler.com problems. The cards haven’t fallen my way yet.
to mommdc: I have looked into the Aggie promise, but am not eligible. I could do a CS grad degree, with an undergrad Mathematics degree… but i’m not going to get into an affordable school that’s part of, “The Hiring Pipeline”. So flip of the coin, I might be worse off.
to thumper1: I agree there are tons of colleges closer to Vermont than Texas… however, colleges that are cheaper than Vermont colleges don’t have CS programs. (caveat: City University of New York, will cost me 23k… but at that price, I might as well just go to Syracuse at 27k). If you know of any within the 14k-18k range, I would love to hear about them. Just as a side note… It was cheaper for me to fly down to West Texas A&M, pay tuition, room and board; than, pay for just tuition in Vermont. West Texas was too flat and the library wasn’t really open all the time. So i’d like to go somewhere else. I am flexible to relocate for job/college almost anywhere and have been applying in areas besides Vermont.
to sensation723: Thank-you for the, leaving the address off my resume, suggestion. I have not tried that yet. I am willing to relocate to NYC. I searched for a list of finance companies within NYC and applied from top to bottom. I will try again, but not disclose my location. My resume has been looked over and edited by 6 people so far. Including the VP of the company I currently work for.
to chesterton: Thank-you for directing me to an opportunity. I have not looked at Northrop-Grumman recently and will do so again. I do find Northrop-Grumman’s FLIR targeting system, amazing. I’m not qualified for an EE job, but will look for positions I am qualified for.
Oh, and I’ve also tried to get jobs at colleges that offer Employees free or reduced tuition. Haven’t had any luck. I’ve applied at the University of Vermont… for Janitorial positions up to Assistant Staff positions. Not that it matters, but I’m not ugly either. I’m tall and fairly attractive.