5500 watt at the minimum 7500 watt is better
You don't want to run your laptop off of the gennie, you want to get 4 6 volt golf cart batteries run 2 in series then run the 2 pairs in parallel.
Then get an inverter to convert the 12 volt to 110.
Charge the batts with the gennie using a trickle charger
On a 7500 watt (7.5 Kw) you get...
7500 watts / 115 volts = 65 Amperes of juice
Most homes have a 200 Amp main breaker
Then you get an external weather proof box
Wire it into a 60 Amp 220 breaker in the main (if its outside)
with an appliance plug.
You then get a #8 wire extension cord about 30-50 foot long and plug it into the gennie
You have enough to power almost everything.
Just make sure you turn off the Main breaker prior to starting the gennie and turning on the 60 amp breaker or you will kill some poor lineman.
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Many of the best IT people I know have no school past high school.
Some of the worst people in IT I know have a CS degree.
Certs on show you can pass the test
It all comes down to experience.
I would get your resume out to about 10 to 15 recruiters that do contract only stuff.
Take them to lunch, get to know them, let them get to know you.
Find a small non profit that needs help, and volunteer your skill with them
put them on your resume.
Your going to be cheap for the first few years then as your skills show themselves
your pay will jump.
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.