Here's the suggestion: Be your own boss.
You may never grow a company from garage to the NASDAQ stock exchange as Bill Gates and Larry Ellison and other techies have done. But there're thousands of small companies across the world run by techies. No reason you can't start one yourself.
You can do something reasonably obvious -- work as a computer consultant in your field. You can work part time writing software programs on eLance. You can set up a small store or office providing

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