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by ChuckMcM 4839 days ago
Another choice is the Perry Technical Institute is in Yakima, talk to them about their 12 month program on Welding. Its not as "tech" as web site design but if you get through the program you can hitch hike over to North Dakota and the Gas fields there and find lots of work. Looking at their course catalog it looks like its about $16,000 total (four quarters at about $4,000 each), You can do that in four years with no loans if you can scrape together enough for one quarter every 9 months.

Alternatively they have a machine shop program which could exploit your programming skills.

I only mention it because young people often forget that there is a lot of need for people in these jobs which currently are dominated by older men preparing to retire.