"C Primer Plus" By Stephen Prata
You may also want to get knoppix at so you can use a free compiler and learn by yourself.
As for a coder job, keep an eye out on these forums for new muds looking for a coder. They obviously can't expect you to have played there for 5+ years.
Word of warning: learning to code will take months even if that's what you do all day every day. If you go to school and have some kind of social life, then it may take years.
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