Someone here told me MIDI was optoisolated . Might be worth mentioning . I used to be afraid of the order or the state in which MIDI connections were made , a la old PC keyboard ports that were expressly not safe to plug at any old time . <| sep |> As a guy with a mom who ' s a teacher , you ' re saying we need to move to NJ ? Pay is shit in Missouri . <| sep |> Have you looked to see what ' s out there ? Also depends on your location etc . Operations analystCredit Analyst shouldn ' t be a tough switch with your background . For example , JPMC has a BO finance program that starts off at $ 55 k requiring close to zero experience . There ' s ton of banks out there that are hiring for a CA position as well between 3548 k depending on location . With your background , shouldn ' t be hard to find something .