Well I work at a grocery store as a cashier...LOL. But I did some server work for a company called DSI over the summer. And by server work I mean I spent 17 hours on average per day (well, night), 4 days in a row for like 6 weeks straight, taking ALL the equipment out of 3 huge server racks, reinstalling them in a different arrangement, and wiring them to look super nice. We did this on 25 different Home Depots across the greater Kansas/Missouri area. It paid $200/day but I wouldn't do it again unless it was closer to home. Basically we turned this:
Into this:
Also, you can run gigabit on Cat5 as long as it's not longer than 10m. I'd still go with Cat5e though.