A good friend of mine who does PHP web development landed a good telecommute software developer job last year making $80k / yr. He lives in the Midwest and has been coding for like 3 years.
I just graduated from a great school, but live in Cincinnati for family reasons, and can't find a damn thing job wise that's looking for anything but "senior" level, and places won't even consider the 3 years I spent interning at a place in Rochester, they just see the graduation date and think "bottom level"... So if your friend can clue me on where to find that 80k telecommute, I would be eternally thankful....