I'm not USA bred and raised. That must be my problem.

I do agree the software industry is forgiving. Sellers' market.

But it's work that I'd rather not do. Never again. It's for those with a rational and one-track mind. But I can't afford to pay someone else to do it for me. I'm bootstrapping. Very slowly.

BP taught me to bootstrap. But mostly hebephrenic depression did. Schizomania and BPD make it hard if not impossible to do paid work. Now I do important work instead and I try to finish a product that will do good but also allows me to support myself financially without claiming benefits (not that there's something wrong with that but I don't trust large, bureaucratic organisations and most of today's politicians).

At any rate, I'll do good. So that makes me pretty much unemployable in the private sector and I'm not qualified to work as a teacher, in health care or doing research. I do try to support all these things via the private sector. Best of both worlds, in a way.

Edit:
I also try to support the creative industry, but that's what I'll be doing last, pretty much. Or I'll sell the plans.