[billpatrianakos]

I was in the same boat as you for a while. The short answer is, don't look for a job, make one. In my case I'm in a CIS college program with a concentration in web development but I'm not too far in and so far have taught myself more than the classes aside from the C++ I was taught there. While you build your skills there's a huge market for local businesses that need some cheap web dev stuff done and you can make a great living off it. In my case I've increased my income tenfold. Of course my first job was free and the second was o ly $400 but the work comes in consistently with a minimum of 2 jobs a month and an average of a 2 month turnaround per job. It's not much to start but you can build it and I really encourage it to anyone so long as you don't set the client's expectations higher than what you can achieve.

You say you learned Python and Django and I think that's a great place to start. Add on to that with a solid font end knowledge and you're good to go until you get hired.

If you're in the Chicago area you should get in touch with me as I'm looking for help as we speak.

[einhverfr]

Absolutely agree. Find customers, not a job. It may lead to a job, or you may fall in love with the freedom if being able to fire your boss (namely your customer) and make it a permanent lifestyle.

It's what I did and I never looked back.

Oh, and don't worry. If you go this route you will find a niche which will challenge you, stretch your skills, and so forth. I never knew when I started that I'd become the primary developer for an open source accounting package (LedgerSMB).

Happy hunting, and may fortune smile upon you!