I am based in Manhattan and went to see an immigration attorney who has extensive experience ALSo with DACA recipients.
Told him my situation, and the reply (which basically echoes the input of all the people here).

1. Long story short, for us undocumented people, THERE IS NO way to adjust toward legalization while out of status, other than family sponsorship or marriage. DACA is irrelevant. Self-sponsorship or employer based sponsorship is not applicable. There were exceptions but I'm sure they don't apply to the vast majority of us.

2. An interesting way of getting GC is to get a private bill sponsored for you. Contact representative in Congress etc... bring bill to floor (favors are exchanged, votes are taken, and Trump signs your presonal bill). Yeah, okay. That's definitely happening.

3. To his knowledge, none who have used advanced parole under DACA have been denied at port of entry. To those that never used it and stayed in US regardless of DACA, when legalizing, MAY have easier time proving "continuous presence." Semantics really.

So yeah, there you have it folks. These were my burning questions at least
Hope that sheds some light.

I'm pretty optimistic that Queen Pelosi and Chuck will get some deal done. Whether that includes a path toward GC or not is debatable (and maybe not up for discussion right now), but I dont think they will give up on it. First, we need to resolve DACA, a more immediate issue then, deal with comp reform/DREAM act. Getting DREAM act thru in 6 months in one fell swoop would entail a bloodbath in Congress/Primary season-would bode badly for us.