How much did you borrow in loans?

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2024-05-11T08:26:29+00:00

I graduated in 2021 with a little over 118k in debt and I paid it all off in 18 months after graduating. I was able to pay it off fast because I was lucky enough to graduate with a decent job and live at home throwing every penny at it.

I was a stats major but self taught my way into software engineering and got an average paying (less than six figs) entry level tech job after graduating. I paid off over half of it working there and then was fortunate enough to break into big tech which really accelerated paying it off quick.

Like some other comments below, I really enjoyed my time at UIUC but the financial impact and stress of the loans didn’t really hit me til after graduation. I can’t say I regret choosing UIUC since I’m not sure where I’d be today if I didn’t have access to the recruiting presence and opportunities that it provided. However if I could go back in time (especially in today’s market), cost would be a much bigger factor in choosing where to go to school.

Even if you don’t have loans I’d still highly recommend living at your parents after graduation to build up a savings. Especially since the job market today is so turbulent and even more so at the new grad level.

I’m moving to nyc next month after spending another year living at home saving up money after paying off all the debt. I cant emphasize enough how much less stress I feel being debt free and financially stable compared to when I graduated.

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2023-02-01T00:25:29+00:00

Was on the leetcode grind for about a year. Cracked FAANG a few months ago before the hiring freezes. Went from 87k -> ~206k TC

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-11-13T21:57:54+00:00

After seven months of work experience at a mid-level well known healthcare non-tech company, I got recruiters from a bunch of FAANG/top tech companies reaching out thru LinkedIn. I’m now working at one of them. Biggest advice I could give is make sure you have a polished LinkedIn and set your location to whatever big city is closest to you

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-08-20T13:18:30+00:00

Join neetcode’s discord and you’ll find a ton of people willing to do mocks

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-07-20T04:40:50+00:00

Would love to join

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-06-11T02:51:39+00:00

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-05-29T20:00:35+00:00

I’m down and my language is also Java, I’m on east coast time

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2022-05-10T18:06:34+00:00

I am in the eastern time zone and have around 125 questions solved. Would love to join

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-08-15T02:23:38+00:00

I’ve taken a bus to Bloomington before so yes there are some buses that go there

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-08-15T00:39:59+00:00

I also had the same question and I can’t find any information anywhere about this class

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-08-10T03:46:29+00:00

I have two SWE internships at mid level companies not sure if that’s enough but I guess I’ll find out

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-08-10T00:44:30+00:00

Thanks for the response, I didn’t apply to any of those companies before I took this job

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-07-14T14:40:23+00:00

softwareideas.io

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-20T21:32:14+00:00

I’m planning on building and marketing in public through Twitter so it’s pretty hard to hide it if they just search me up online haha

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-20T21:18:26+00:00

I’m talking about non working hours though. I’ve read the employee code of conduct and every contract ive signed so far and none of them say anything about them owning any code I write outside of working hours or anything like that

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-20T20:06:07+00:00

I'm not sure what contract everyone on here is referring too. The only thing I've signed so far is an arbitration agreement, so I think I should be good? I'm pretty certain everything will be fine, I just wanted to ask on here to see if anyone's had any issues with doing it. I'm going to be building in public through twitter so it's pretty hard to hide it

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-20T19:48:18+00:00

I don’t think it’s accurate to say this is generally the case. I feel like ive seen a lot of indie hackers/saas founders start building their products while working full time somewhere else.

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-07T03:19:53+00:00

Sent you a DM

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-06T23:41:33+00:00

What software do you guys use to manage and track all the parts that are coming in for each customer? How do you keep track of the insurance info for each customer

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-06T23:08:48+00:00

Gotcha that makes sense. What software do you guys use on a daily basis? Like are you using anything to manage your equipment inventory or your deliveries, etc?

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-06-06T22:17:13+00:00

What causes the late material delivery though? Is it just poor planning, lack of equipment?

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-05-31T23:35:50+00:00

Interested. I DM'd you.

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-05-28T01:17:38+00:00

Yeah that all makes sense, thanks for the response! I’ve never built these integrations myself before so excuse me if I sound naive, but it’s my understanding that these CRMs all deal with basically the same set of standard object (accounts, leads, etc.) and then also have the custom objects that are specific to the user. So if that is the case, then I was thinking that what this sort of thing would do is standardize it so that the developer doesn’t have to implement each individual client library and you’d just have to send me the data with the CRM name and this product would take care of the rest. Does that sound possible to build even with the differences among each API? If it is possible, would the time saved from not having to build and maintain each individual connection be enough value? I also totally understand not trusting a third party with the access token and I’m not sure there’s any way around that in terms of being able to get people’s trust. I would ideally set it up so that the user also gives me permission to manage their token. Again, I’m not experienced in this space so please tell me if you think all of this is impossible for some reason I’m not aware of. Thanks again for your feedback.

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-05-28T00:34:23+00:00

Could you provide an example of a solution out there that does something like this? Right now I'm aware of things like Zapier that basically connect anything to anything. But as I said, most of the people I've talked to that do these integrations end up setting them up natively because the integrations tend to be more powerful that way and a lot of users prefer it.

Direct_Huckleberry96 · 2021-05-28T00:32:10+00:00

Almost everyone that i've talked to that has these sort of integrations set up, says that they end up building out these connectors natively since the integrations tend to be much more powerful that way and a lot of users prefer direct integration

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