Good luck finding a decent-paying and satisfactory job. Your situation reminds me a bit of 1997-98, when I was out of work and searching. I took tests to be certified as a science teacher in Massachusetts (for five years, and I'd have to tske education courses for it to become permanent). Then I heard from the Patent Office, and got my current job. I suppose you could become a patent examiner if you get desperate enough, but I guess it hasn't come to that yet.