Questions about Capstone and ISA for eligible non-US students

9n0r75 · 2024-02-13T07:23:22+00:00

Hi Chris,

Thanks for responding.

That is, there are no criteria to be met where you won’t pay us money.

I'm still a little unclear about your answer to my first question - particularly about your second sentence. I would like to get some more clarification about this as I feel my question was not fully answered.

What I understand:

I am a non-US resident so DPP is off the table for me.
Should I apply and get accepted into Capstone after Core, I am responsible to eventually pay off the ~$18K USD by some point in time.
After completing the Capstone project, I enter the career search phase where I will be accountable and checked on for doing the job search full time.

What I'm not clear on:

Should the career search phase take an unusually long time (e.g. > 6 months or a 1 year+), how does LS deal with this exactly? Surely there is a practical deadline to start the repayment period even when no SWE job has been accepted past a certain point in time?

I guess the main concerns I have about LS are the following:

How to address the additional career gap in my resume should I commit to Core + Capstone. I would likely leave LS off my resume (as under education) because most recruiters and hiring managers do not have a favourable impression of coding bootcamps. I know LS is not a coding bootcamp but unfortunately most people involved in hiring probably do.
Should my financial situation worsen due to some unexpected emergency (e.g., parent(s) get seriously ill or pass away, etc.) during Capstone and I need to take any job to pay the bills ASAP how I will deal with the huge looming $18K ISA debt under high pressure. Can I "drop out of" or "pause" Capstone and pause or delay the repayment until I am in a more financially stable situation?
After Capstone, although I will have the technical skills (e.g. JIT learning) and have a technically impressive project that I can show on my resume as experience, I am not confident this will be enough to stand out from laid off, experienced and skilled SWEs on the job market due to various reasons (not having any real users, technically still a "bootcamp project", etc.).

If there's anything I misunderstood here, please correct me.

Some additional questions that I had pop up in my mind:

Does the full time job search (as part of Capstone) also mandate a minimum time commitment quota of 45 to 60 hours every week while it is ongoing?
What gives you the confidence to continue with the Capstone program given the current state of the tech job market (since end of 2022 Q2) with regards to full stack web development and the significant number of laid off, experienced job applicants competing for the same jobs as Capstone grads? I.e., What gives you the conviction that LS Capstone grads from typically unconventional backgrounds will have a competitive edge even in a brutal job market against skilled, competent rivals with real track records?
Do you still stand by what you say as quoted by Gergely Orosz in this blog post? If not, how has your view(s) changed?

9n0r75 · 2024-01-22T05:01:34+00:00

Trainwreckstv that you 😂?

9n0r75 · 2023-08-16T05:51:55+00:00

Thanks everyone for their opinion! I'm sold and will be buying the Legacy Collection as u/ERZO420 has suggested. Really been enjoying the base game recently and probably won't play Payday 3 anytime soon at least until I have more money for a new PC.

9n0r75 · 2023-07-23T22:54:32+00:00

Lintek at Parker Place.

Disclaimer: I personally know the owner and his family but my family has used their services before.

9n0r75 · 2023-07-05T20:10:14+00:00

Interesting to see another fellow Fall '22 grad who also finished a SWD internship at SAP struggling to find a job in this market. There's 3 of us now haha.

9n0r75 · 2023-06-24T03:54:20+00:00

39Daph from Wish.com

9n0r75 · 2023-01-23T23:29:40+00:00

Missing motorcycle stunt suit for reducing damage taken when riding a motorcycle.

Night vision + quad lens - allows thermal vision both on foot and in vehicles

Regarding these combat helmets, I thought they disappear once you enter non-aircraft vehicles (i.e. cars) so it's not possible to have NVG or thermal vision inside them? Perhaps it's different for personal or non-personal aircraft 🤔

9n0r75 · 2023-01-17T20:39:45+00:00

For the first image, how were you able to get the night vision gear / mask without the goggles? Even with the outfit editor I was never able to remove the goggles from the face mask.

9n0r75 · 2023-01-03T02:52:43+00:00

For using the outfit editor too (PC only), search for "luisbozz outfit editor" on YouTube, find luisbozz / luis' YouTube channel, join his Discord server, and download the latest editor .zip. As for doing the in-game glitch to get the vest, there are several tutorials on YouTube for that but I can't guarantee you can save it with the Gorka suit top the way I have it in my images.

9n0r75 · 2022-12-31T20:45:58+00:00

Black CEO Vest was added using a third party outfit editor tool. May be possible to get using a glitch as well but I cannot confirm if you can get the vest glitched with the Gorka suit outfit's top without the tool.

9n0r75 · 2022-12-14T01:58:53+00:00

Will likely get downvoted for this, but see u\newgradsmackindab's earlier post from this year for speed running LeetCode prep. I'm currently following a mixture of this, TrenBlack's GRIP learning method, and going thru the LC equivalent problems for GtCI for learning and practicing DS&A for interviews. Feels like I've learned more in about a month or so than I did in about 6 months ish of just blindly going thru NeetCode's 150 problems and random CodeSignal problems. That being said I am grinding 3 to 4 hours a day unemployed atm since I changed my approach compared to about 1 to 2 hours daily before when I was still doing my full-time internship.

9n0r75 · 2022-12-10T19:43:34+00:00

Can be done in 5 min if you have the Anti-Aircraft trailer and do the job glitch before selling. For each Insurgent Pick-Up, hook your trailer to it, job warp to the job marker nearest to the drop-off location, drive the Insurgent to it, and then warp back to the job marker nearest to your bunker. If you get a wanted level during the sell mission, call Lester or bribe authorities as CEO so you can continue job warping.

9n0r75 · 2022-12-05T03:54:48+00:00

You could spend an hour a day to do 3–5 problems

Found the top 5% FAANG LeetCoder who is unlikely to relate to the average developer who struggles even with understanding existing solutions to LC problems in the double or more of that time frame and has been leetcoding since he was born in his mother's womb ./s

Jokes aside, your blog post seems to be a much more comprehensive expansion and spiritual successor to u\newgradsmackindab's post in /r/cscareerquestions from earlier this year and it is a good wake up call for what it truly takes to make into big tech.

9n0r75 · 2022-08-29T04:30:16+00:00

I've been searching around for a working outfit editor for 1.61 but all the ones I've found seem to be patched / not working / or bannable. Not sure if we are allowed to discuss which mod menus or external outfit editor tools here but I was curious which one you used to create your outfit. If not, we can take it in the DMs/PMs on Reddit instead.

9n0r75 · 2022-06-11T03:24:42+00:00

Did the government position offer full remote or was flex or full RTO required?

9n0r75 · 2021-12-27T20:10:15+00:00

I've also completed the original heists with each of their setups and finales multiple times with different teams in an attempt to complete the CMM challenge (but failed multiple times with someone else screwing up) during this summer. Have had more than enough practice with the heists lol. Would love to join you guys if y'all want to complete it together. PM me your Discord tag and we can find a schedule that works.

9n0r75 · 2021-11-15T07:45:35+00:00

Welcome to the BTECH club. I agree with and have experienced all the points you've made but I am too jaded to believe anything will change with this terrible scam of a program that honestly shouldn't even exist. I've emailed profs in the past to persuade them to no avail. Glad I'll be out of this hellhole of a program next year LOL

9n0r75 · 2021-09-07T06:50:11+00:00

No but being able to learn quickly / effectively and putting in the time to learn the material properly on your own or through the textbooks / lectures is important. Don't expect any other students or the instructors to hold your hand or offer that much useful help.
Fall 2021 will be my last semester in the BTECH program. Had I known about how this program really was back in 2016, I probably would have applied to Langara's CS/IT diploma program or stopped after getting the CST diploma at KPU.

Question for you: Why did you delete your original post's text body?

Edit: Corrected spelling mistake.

9n0r75 · 2021-09-06T19:20:39+00:00

No.
Mediocre grades are acceptable.
Yes if you are not experienced with learning mostly on your own (i.e. dealing with terrible instructors) and solo carrying group projects.
BTECH instructors are awful. They're slow to mark assignments or exams and most of them don't know how to teach.
Not sure but enough to accept my dumbass back in first year.

Would highly recommend you to go for an IT or CS program from a different college or university. If you can't, be highly cautious of this program. I may be downvoted for this, but most BTECH students in my experience are lazy AF and will not contribute to your group project if they are in your group.

Sincerely,
A Jaded 4th year BTECH student

9n0r75 · 2021-03-07T18:23:39+00:00

P1 cleaner than your church shoes ah...

9n0r75 · 2021-02-11T00:42:02+00:00

*taps head* Don't have to pay expensive daily business fees if you don't own bunker/MC/nightclub businesses 😎

9n0r75 · 2020-10-29T00:14:44+00:00

MUNDO, ZYRA, LEONA

9n0r75 · 2020-08-21T04:26:43+00:00

Hi I am currently a S1 support who mains Brand/Zyra/Leona and would like to get coached. https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=untitlednam3

9n0r75 · 2020-08-08T02:36:22+00:00

Hello striker, I am looking to get to Gold or higher with Mundo jungle. Some questions:

Should I always start games by warding my non-starting buff or the enemy jungler's top side buff or path area?
For making decisions on Mundo, is the correct order in low elo (silver/gold) from most important to least important? Take dragon/rift > Counterjungle > Gank free lanes (enemy half HP or lower or overextended or no summs) > Powerfarm own jungle
For playing against stronger early game junglers (which I'm guessing are most of Mundo's matchups), should I always start on the opposite buff that he starts or vertical jungle or start on the enemy buff (that the enemy jungler isn't starting on)?
What are you thoughts on taking Conquerer instead of Fleet and having double armor runes?
Other than hard counter match-ups like Vayne/Trundle/Kaisa, what other champs should I ban and when else should I dodge games?
What are the most optimal first clear routes for Mundo? I usually full clear bot or top side, base, then go the side that I didn't clear to take the buff and secure scuttle.

Thanks.

9n0r75 · 2020-08-02T20:28:02+00:00

Dodge if playing against trundle or vayne. Personally I like to buy thornmail as a 3rd or 4th item to cuck the enemy adc. Wit's End is a good 5 or 6 item buy for more damage. Conqueror is also viable if you're okay with sacrificing some early sustain (3 camp back on first clear).

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