"it seems like all the job descriptions I looked at, the companies are asking for the world. They want all the languages under the sun, guru this, code ninja that."

Nothing wrong with applying to positions you'd like to have and that you think you would excel at even though you don't have the requirements. Polish your resume as much as you can, and read up as much as you can.

However, there are loads of jobs that aren't like that. Ignore requirements for C.S. degree (BS or MS), because they usually don't care, if that is not what you have. Now if they are asking for a PhD, you'd better at least have a masters, but you probably don't want those anyway.

The best option though is to just know what you want to do in-and-out and emit that. Some say to learn how to be a people person. I think it is cheesy and fake, but I know people that do it, and it works: http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/14...