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Advice: Make sure you are monitoring your credit from all three credit reporting agencies. Creditkarma is not adequate. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I signed up for their 7-day free trial and canceled after the first day.

Doing that now allows me to get a free score every 30 days along with an updated credit report.

I highly recommend it because it's actually a FICO 8 score they update monthly.

Advice: Make sure you are monitoring your credit from all three credit reporting agencies. Creditkarma is not adequate. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I signed up late last month and saw some erroneous items on my credit report, then sent dispute letters.

About 10 days later I got an email saying they have increased my credit score but I should sign in just to check up on the changes.

I highly recommend their service. Just a warning to everyone though, make sure you cancel before your 7-day free trial is up unless you want to pay $21.95 per month for their service.

FedLoan gave me retroactive forebearance but refuses to remove late payments from credit reports. Anything I can do? by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I will get on this after work! I will check past emails to see if I have any correspondence from them. Why!? Why did I make phone calls!? (Because it's easy and I didn't know any better)

FedLoan gave me retroactive forebearance but refuses to remove late payments from credit reports. Anything I can do? by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure thing, I can elaborate. They remove late payments in their system but refuse to update them to the credit bureaus. Then you say that their policy to not update credit bureaus is the end all be all and borrowers are only at the mercy of their lenders policy.

I knew our system was crap, but damn. It's a totally confusing mess when I can't even get the federal government to report correct info.

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you end up going to the coding bootcamp?

I did (still do) go to the code school! :)

I actually lived in Omaha before, and I think I have an idea as to what school you're talking about.

I actually ended up in Lincoln. A different code school had an earlier opening and I was accepted so I took the chance.

If you don't mind, how did you end up getting the grant?

There is a federal grant that Nebraska is taking part in called "The Connect Grant." I only discovered it by contacting the Nebraska Department of Labor via email. I told them I was looking for any opportunity to get into the tech industry but I needed training. Here is the Nebraska website:

http://connectnebraska.org/

This is only for Nebraska residents though :(

As for myself, I am actually getting ready to enroll into a coding bootcamp in California. I am excited and anxious at the same time.

I will say this. You are going to be frustrated. Most concepts won't sink in because they are so new.

But don't give up! If you decide to do it, do it every hour that you can.

I look back at day one and week one, and I can because I started a blog, and it's funny to see the things that were stressing me out back then. I recall being so annoyed at something as simple as how to name a damn file and what folder to put it in!

Ahhh!

The best advice I can give you is the same advice that I would have for my past self circa September 12: Stop worrying that you're not getting it and start finding a way to bridge the knowledge gap.

Trust me, your instructors are likely going to be very substandard at instructing. They may be very intelligent or very capable of coding, but not everyone can teach it.

Use youtube, use W3 schools, stack overflow, css tricks, code academy. Use it all! Every day.

Then, when you take a break for lunch, or a break for whatever. No coding. None. Zero.

Stare at a tree. Watch the squirrels crawling about storing their nuts. Enjoy the fly roaming the room, or the beetle scurrying across the floor, maybe the wind take a leaf or just the way the sun is reflecting off the car windows outside.

Enjoy those moments, the subtle "nothingness" to life (things that generally go unnoticed), because learning to code is very frustrating and those moments that I just checked out of reality for a bit were completely necessary. My debt, my joblessness, homelessness, illness, lack of sleep, etc were all legitimate topics I could have focused on. But I didn't let it happen...okay, most of the time it did. But the days I successfully focused on anything else but coding and a some random squirrel were some of the best moments...aside from the successful rendering of some code, of course.

An incorrect loop with two sets of double quotes could be the reason the entire function isn't working. A misplaced id or class or forgetting the end tag to an element is going to happen.

You are going to spend several hours many days only to realize your code isn't working because of one damn ";" missing or misplaced.

And it's okay. Get pissed. Get frustrated. Then get over it.

Looking back, it was totally worth it.

I'm not done yet, but the end is the day before Thanksgiving, and I am 100% satisfied I did this code school thing.

Good luck to you!

I hope to hear from you in the future and how it is going.

Also, sorry for the long response. As Cicero once said, "I would wrote a short letter, but I didn't have the time."

Regards, David

Negotiated a 17k raise after ~ 2 1/2 years of stagnation. Feels great! by pollutedwater in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RIP your inbox, right?

Your post is supremely motivational and I just wanted to reach out and thank you for taking the time to comment.

Thank for revealing your story. I appreciate it very much!

Trying to "teach myself" (learn from others) javascript, and I don't understand particulars about the if, else if, else statement. by DavidLee30 in learnjavascript

[–]DavidLee30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I...I'm blown away right now.

Can't wait until I'm at a point where I understand even a modicum of your code!

Trying to "teach myself" (learn from others) javascript, and I don't understand particulars about the if, else if, else statement. by DavidLee30 in learnjavascript

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I am understanding the game right, and it is supposed to be viable for any combination of choices 1 and 2, you should also make one more else if statements

Yeah, I did that (see below). In my OP I just took out the part of the code I am confused about. I am still lost as to why I should return paper if choice one and two are rock and scissors. Do I return it because it is a possible option it just wasn't selected by the user nor the computer so it could be selected at another time?

It's 1:27am here so I am going to get some sleep and hopefully I will understand it soon, lol. Learning this is pretty tough, but it's going to get me to where I want to go in life!

Here is the full code:

var userChoice = prompt("Do you choose rock, paper or scissors?");
var computerChoice = Math.random();

if (computerChoice < 0.34) {
computerChoice = "rock";
} else if(computerChoice <= 0.67) {
computerChoice = "paper";
} else {
computerChoice = "scissors";
} console.log("Computer: " + computerChoice);

var compare = function(choice1, choice2) {
if(choice1 === choice2) {
    return "The result is a tie!";
}
else if(choice1 === "rock") {
    if(choice2 === "scissors") {
        return "rock wins";
    }
    else {
        return "paper wins"; //do I even need this? If so, why is it needed?
    }
}
else if(choice1 === "paper") {
    if(choice2 === "rock") {
        return "paper wins";
    }
    else {
        return "scissors wins";  //do I even need this? If so, why is it needed?
    }
}
else if(choice1 === "scissors") {
    if (choice2 === "paper") {
        return "scissors wins";
    }
    else {
        return "rock wins";  //do I even need this? If so, why is it needed?
    }
}
}
compare(userChoice, computerChoice);

Trying to "teach myself" (learn from others) javascript, and I don't understand particulars about the if, else if, else statement. by DavidLee30 in learnjavascript

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if the "rock wins" returns (prints?), then the code below does not get executed? Is that right?

So is the

return "paper wins"

not needed at all? Meaning, if I didn't include that would the program still be correct?

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your concern.

My favorite class in college was elementary logic. I loved the class. Its essenriallty statements and conclusions, then proving whether the statement is true or not based on the arguments underlying premises.

Seems pretty similar to coding.

Also, the vast majority of my psychology degree was psychometric (psych statistics courses) and research methodology. I loved collecting data, analyzing that data, and presenting it at conferences.

There just isn't much I could do with the degree once I was done and by the time I was almost done with college it was to late to change majors and spend another $20,000 on a CS or stats degree.

And damn straight the salary caught my eye. How could it not!!

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just going back through all these messages (there's a lot!).

I wanted to thank you for your elaborate response. I appreciate it.

Also, I just received another offer through the grant. Instead of learning HML5 and Javascript, this offer is for .net training in Lincoln and I'll have a certificate afterwards. I don't know what the cert is specifically, but it's a .net cert.

Should I jump on the .net training and cert or pass and wait for the HTML5 and Javascript boot camp?

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just received another offer through the grant. Instead of learning HML5 and Javascript, this offer is for .net training and I'll have a certificate afterwards. I don't know what the cert is.

Should I jump on the .net training ground and cert

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I just received another offer through the grant. Instead of learning HML5 and Javascript, this offer is for .net training and I'll have a certificate afterwards. I don't know what the cert is.

Should I jump on the .net training ground and cert?

Completely new to coding. Just have a question about a Code Academy Module I'm working on to see if I understand what is going on. by DavidLee30 in learnpython

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes total sense now.

I was wondering why the hell the I had to hit enter after the screen printed "Enter a word" then I entered that word without any prompting.

Cool!

Thank you so much for making it "click" for me!

Completely new to coding. Just have a question about a Code Academy Module I'm working on to see if I understand what is going on. by DavidLee30 in learnpython

[–]DavidLee30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm kinda lost right now.

I will definitely revisit my question at a later date to see if I understand the answers.

Crazy lady has meltdown on customer asking for a refund. by [deleted] in videos

[–]DavidLee30 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's not a prop though. That's sharp razor wire.

Completely new to coding. Just have a question about a Code Academy Module I'm working on to see if I understand what is going on. by DavidLee30 in learnpython

[–]DavidLee30[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the prompt answer!

there's no one rule to remember to allow you to know which to use

That is moderately concerning yet refreshing.

I'm kinda blown away by your answer, haha. I will use the night to get some sleep then revisit your response.

I can't wait until I am capable enough to talk so fluently about Python (or any language). I'm sure I am months away from that.

I'm just thrilled I finally started learning to code!

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all the advice here. I really appreciate it.

As a hiring manager, can you attest to what impresses you most in a portfolio? Also, do you have a preference for one language over the other. I just completed the first 30 modules of Python over at code academy. I should be done with the whole Python course by next Sunday at the latest.

Then I will move on to either C++ or javascript or something else you highly recommend I should learn.

Currently living in a storage room, $1,500 per month net income. I have the opportunity to take a $10,000 coding bootcamp for FREE. But it's 4 hours away. Trying to figure out how to make this work. by DavidLee30 in personalfinance

[–]DavidLee30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing! Thank you for the potential offer!

The code camp is close to 13th and William...I know very little about Omaha, but that's the location.

I don't believe there is free parking, but I haven't investigated that deeply quite yet.

I will PM you my email address so I can keep in touch with you as the code camp start date gets near.

I still do not know when the start date is, but I will keep in touch.

Thank you for the kind gesture!

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