Excellent advice bubba and keeping myself calm and collected is something I definitely will have to put some effort into (I'm a bit of a nervous and excitable guy) so I will definitely take your advice. Unfortunately as far as location goes I am just outside the area where I need to be I live in Eastern NC around the Greenville area (home of the East Carolina Pirates) and there are as far as I can tell very few software development companies within a 40 mile radius, I just moved here from Raleigh which is near Research Triangle Park (I didn't have a choice, it was either move here or to a cardboard box) so if this doesn't pan out I am planning on getting some dependable transportation and will be making a 100 mile commute everyday to work as a computer programmer.