Be a web developer. 2 years ago I knew nothing but the very basics of html, found out my local library had a free lynda.com account to all users(a website that teaches coding among other things). Took an hour a day studying the courses on css and very basic javascript, then moved on to php. Last year I got an entry level job that pays decent. Now a year later, a lot of options open up to work at a ton of places. In my years reading the board, you seem like a fairly smart guy, picking it up won't be hard for you. Again, once you have a year or two on your resume and some work in your portfolio, you won't have to look very hard for work.
