Career related discussion/questions...

[s1ngletracker]

I'm having a bit of a quarter-life crisis, and was thinking that some people here would have good advice on this.

I have a degree in computer science, been doing web programming for about 4 years now. Its a great rewarding career path, but I've decided it's not for me. Got laid off from the venture capital firm I was working for, and I've been thinking about a career change. (Note, I didn't get laid off cause I sucked, it was cause they lost funding and got rid of all development staff...)

The eventual plan is to go back to school for Mech E. Didn't get in the U of MN for the fall, they were already full by the time they got all my stuff. Planning on transferring my application to the spring semester.

However, until then, I've been thinking of trying to get my foot in the door of the automotive (performance?) world. Anyone have some connections, or know if any local performance shops would be willing to hire someone with little experience? I'd be willing to lend my services as a web programmer if it would help to get my foot in the door, though I don't want a job solely doing that. I'm pretty experienced/good with working on my cars, just from working on my own. Done pretty much everything, and I'm pretty decent at it. I'm professional, extremely responsible and meticulous. I'm willing to step back a bit and be humbled for a while to get some experience.

Thanks for reading, and any help/advice anyone can provide.