Another Biggles,
Glad to see someone takes an interest in my posts! I work full time as an account manager for a medium sized webhosting company...I started as a peon at 16 year old, worked my way through a few positions and now into a good stable position.
My wage package is around 20k pa but for a large part of my training I was on 15k pa....I get commission on sales too which can make some months better! Even on the lowest incomes, if you have understanding parents that don't insist on charging dig money then its not impossible! hope that helps! :-)