Hubby also talked to BIL on the way home from work, the one married to my sister in Plano (Dallas area). BIL can possibly get him an interview in his computer coding company. My husband does not have a degree in computer programming (he has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry), but he is very smart (he's taught himself to code in multiple languages), got himself certified to teach computer science grades 6-12. If a job can through, it might mean him living part-time with my sister/BIL and nephews then coming back here for the weekend (housing market is glutted here, unless my husband can pull in a giant salary, there is no use uprooting here). Also, that boss does allow some telecommunication on certain projects and it would be job skills transferable to the Houston area (where we live now) should he not get the teaching job at Lamar Univeristy in Beaumont (which is what his heart wants but I'm not sure is the best thing for our family). But, according to BIL (and well, Plano is a HOT area of development in TX, in the whole U.S., actually), and he says if you lose a job in computer IT there, you can easily get another within 3 weeks. OMG. Here my husband loses a science job, and it's nearly a year before he can find something else. I hope & pray he will at least interview with BIL's company; they also give you a test which if you pass & they make you an offer starts you off at the intermediate pay level. Even the beginning pay level is $20,000 more pef year than my husband makes as a teacher. I really want him to try to give this IT stuff a shot.