>> what are the chances of me getting hired for an obscure job that almost
>> nobody needs which I'm probably not even very good at?
>
> You're probably better off trying to get in to a large company as
> something vaguely IT related and then finding ways to show off your
> skills. That's often how it works.

Interestingly, the last two interviews I've been to have both been 
companies that said "We're quite small, but we're growing. We think we 
need more people, but we haven't really decided exactly what we want 
yet." It /looks/ as if those are the sorts of places where you might be 
able to dictate your own terms.

On the other hand, most small companies probably don't know who is or 
isn't a rare find quite so well as a big company. And small companies 
have no need to optimise tiny details of their operations; a small 
improvement multiplied by a small number is a small profit. A small 
improvement multiplied by a frickin' HUGE number represents a 
substantial profit...

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