I recently started a new job part time handling online sales for a business. I make $17Aus an hour, which is about $12.50US. Not really a problem as I don't spend much (if you don't count books
), plus of course I still earn a pension (if you can call it earning). My qualifications are an Associate Diploma in Business and a Diploma in IT. To be honest there isn't that much opportunity for IT work here. The only other job I got was when I went to London in 2000. I find it pleasant. It's part time so I don't have to go to work till the afternoon, and of course it's not very rigorous, just managing the companys yahoo, google and ebay accounts, and working on the website. The one bit I dread is I have to learn PhP in the next month or two.
To get the job, knowing what was involved, I printed out and gave my boss the manual on how to use Ebay, though I think he knew a bit of it already.
I chose IT because I can grasp IT quickly, although I hate programming. Generally when I have to program something I look at an example and figure out what does what and then copy it.