Quote Originally Posted by szlamany
Get a copy of the DEVELOPERS edition of MS SQL SERVER - I hear it's around $50 US...
My friend believes that MS SQL SERVER is on one of the CDs he gave me.
May take some hunting, there are 14 CDs in all.

Right now I pickup the odd job from RentaCoder.com and am developing a couple of apps I plan to sell myself.

As far as the resume goes, being self taught I don't have any 'credentials' that I can display.
What are my chances of landing a 'Real Job' with a company that uses something as expensive as MS SQL?

I'd love to take classes but I'm out of work, (damned free trade laws) and can't afford them now.

I'm guessing that the apps I'm hoping to market won't need anything more than Access.

I've never been hired as a programmer; it's a career change for me.
But I love programming.