[rwhitman]

Producer/audio engineer will get you no where. There are a million "producers" out there without work, and honestly focusing too much on the music industry was really what set me back on my career by about 5 years. Call it a hobby and move on.

"Programmer" however will solve all of your financial problems for the rest of your life. Invest as much effort as you can into building up your skills and tell everyone you can about them. Email every business in town with a list of your tech skills. Go on ODesk make a profile and list those skills. Respond to every gig posted on there. Check Craigslist, Elance, rentacoder whatever. Find a few gigs, build your skillset and once you are confident enough in what you do, work will just start to find you. As soon as you can afford it get the hell out of your small town and move to a larger market. Everything will change