You know, you could get 50 to 500x that bounty (usable for charity or your own dark purposes) if you just called up a contact looking to work with or hire a gainfully employed programmer/engineer and recommended good ol' Silas, whom you've come to know and love.
Some paths of least resistance being avoided here...
You're suggesting people help you find a better job, I think? That sounds good - likely someone here already knows of an opportunity.
I don't think the $2 thing is big enough to discuss. I hesitated, then decided to post anyway.
Probably not worth most of your time, but if you already have a Windows Live account, log in here and you earn enough Bing reward points (whatever those are) to donate $2 to charity - http://www.bing.com/rewards/signup/web
Unfortunately, the charity selection is limited to a couple of "better educate the poor" organizations.