It all depends what you are willing to accept. Most colleges and universities don't pay up to so-called industry standards, and administrative positions are jack-of-all-trade positions, but many do have programming/sysadmin positions available. You may find yourself doing dull stuff like writing reports that do budgeting or writing SQL that manages donors - but it's better that than nothing. And, while there are plenty of PHB's in colleges, the atmosphere in those I've been at has been more low-key.