Contract work's not always stable, but they tend to pay more where I'm from. Something to do with specialised knowledge and being able to charge more.

[ her bear ears.... aaaa. he stares at them for a moment. flicky flicky. ]

... What sort of thing do you want to do? Or do you just want the chance to figure out what you want to do? I've seen you can fight, but violence is frowned on legally in a lot of places.