I work at a college campus that sits on a beautiful lake. I can't see it from my office but it is less than a five minute walk. In the summer I go swimming on my lunch break.

Actually, Florida is an amazing place to look for winter coats if you check out the second hand shops. A lot of people retire down their and get rid of their coats cause they don't need them any more. I had a friend that lived there and she would always send us winter clothes. It was awesome.

Having recently graduated myself I would like to suggest that you don't forget local colleges. I know that it is more work to take on a college grad that doesn't have much experience and it doesn't work for every situation. But, if you create a relationship with the teachers they can recommend to you the students better suited for a position. You can also hire them as on an intern bais which would allow you to see how they would fit with your company before deciding if you wanted to offer them a job. Probably not what you are looking for but I thought I would give a little shout out since I was really grateful that someone wanted to take a chance on me.

I would also suggest looking up some contest problems and working through them. The forum on stackoverflow.com has some good suggestions. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6639205/online-programming-competitions-where-can-i-find[^]