I must say that the other replies that I've read have also been helpful, I cannot disregard the other replies though, and I am still torn between quitting and keeping my current job which pays student assistant wages yet still, we do most of the work in the department.
-ins0mniac
What i get reading the thread is that this job is also draining away the energy you need to search for another job seriously (and that lead to the desire to just quit and start searching for something else). As others have said, i don't see any particular reason to suggest you to "just quit". Why don't you simply find a temporary job somewhere just to get out of the current environment, and then start a proper next job search while still receiving a paycheck,etc...? It should not be that hard to find a temporary web dev job.My .2$.