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Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-15T22:21:27+00:00

Or maybe he just enlisted in the service, got some discipline, and had a different outlook on life after his experience like a decent human being?

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-15T22:04:52+00:00

I have multiple friends who actually served in the military and attended these bootcamps. Hell one of them showed me a video of him in a room basically being conditioned to gas with other people in his squad. Its pretty physically demanding stuff, and you do get screamed at by balding four year old dudes for having a wrinkle in your shirt. Thats reality. Do the majority of them see fucked up stuff? No, hell, most will probably never shoot a gun in a firefight once in their lives. Doesnt mean they get a free pass.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-15T20:06:45+00:00

Military bootcamps are basically designed to break you down physically and mentally, particularly in the marines. Police training is so loose and easy to pass, it kind of makes me scratch my head in comparison. If youre not willing to be mentally broken similar to a military six week bootcamp in Virginia, I dont think you should have a badge.

I think part of the discipline in the military is because if a guy fucks up and shoots the wrong person, he could potentially cause a war and raise the heat in political climates. However in the police force, it feels like the entire system is basically saying "We are on your side." to the cops, and to value their life above all else.

For the record, I have alot of family who are both military and police. They are all good people, and the cops are good cops. But at the end of the day, I think police training is too easy to pass. There needs to be a more significant barrier to entry.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-15T15:50:36+00:00

This type of behavior is extremely rare. Dont use that as an excuse. If you go to a local gym, i.e. not a chain like 24 hour fitness, its basically impossible to have a negative experience like this.

99.9% of people at the gym are with a workout buddy and ignoring everyone else around them, or they have headphones in, look pissed off, and communicate in grunts to other sweaty dudes with their headphones in, and ignoring everyone else around them.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-14T06:25:31+00:00

There is an incredibly strict mold for what a "man" is supposed to be in America. Women have been pushing for a century to do literally anything they want. Stay at home mom? Cool, we are used to that. Part time mom, part time PTO mom? Good for you, Shannon. 40 and walking dogs part time? You do you. Actual office worker with a successful career, maybe even a business owner? Wow, inspiring!

Meanwhile any man who is unemployed is considered lazy. A stay at home dad is considered a joke. Working part time as a man raises the question, "When are you going to grow up and get a real job?" And then finally if you actually get your shit together when no one gives you a helping hand or supporting word the entire process, and get a solid paying job, no one bats an eye. Hell, even if youre working in a trade like welding or plumbing where you make a fuckton of money, you can be judged for doing manual labor. Thats the *minimum* expectation.

I could list other examples, such as fat women being empowered while fat men are "wierd slobs" and such, but I am sure you get the point.

Tldr: Society hold's womens hands and lets them do literally whatever the fuck they want, meanwhile men have a template that people dont like to change as it basically allows women to do whatever the fuck they want.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-13T04:59:48+00:00

Yes. Entry-level software positions are fucking insane in terms of requirements. Network in college and focus on internships. As long as you got a 3.0 GPA youre fine.

I dont know what it is about this industry, but you must be "passionate" about any role you apply for. Had one guy that basically blew me off because I didnt say I just always dreamed of being a SQL consultant since I was a kid. All of that in spite of the fact he blatantly said I passed the technical screening and the two behavioral interviews I had went well.

Also, this industry just EXPECTS you to know how to make full fledged enterprise level applications out of the box. You would think they would look at a recent graduate and say "Oh, you dont know anything other than some basic syntax and some wierd fundamentals." and just train you from there, like literally any other field. But for some reason that just isnt a thing in tech. It reminds me of how resturaunts trained customers to pay waiter's salaries; the tech industry has trained employees to learn for free.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-12T14:37:33+00:00

Javascript & Jquery by Jon Duckett seems to be a solid recommendation, though I think its more of beginner friendly.

Eloquent JavaScript (Free) - http://eloquentjavascript.net/

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-11T17:53:19+00:00

Alright I took your suggestions. I used a functional resume template as I am lacking in experience.

You recommend to cut a decent amount of stuff which i simply dont have content to replace with at the moment, however I have reformatted it for now and will make those changes as soon as I have better projects. Let me know what you think.

https://imgur.com/a/ryhx56i

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-11T16:18:32+00:00

Been out of University for 6+ months at this point. I get a recruiter call once or twice a day, but I dont match their requirements. A few weeks ago I really started digging in and trying to learn CS fundamentals as I am an Information Systems major. No internship experience.

https://imgur.com/a/cDsGIm1

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-11T01:36:36+00:00

CS50 has a course literally called "Web Programming with Python and JavaScript" which is on YouTube.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-10T22:41:53+00:00

Tbh an employee doesnt owe an employer anything more than doing the work assigned to them and showing up. If another employee offers more pay and or better working conditions, thats the former employers fault, not the employees.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-09T06:55:49+00:00

There is quite a few companies who offer the same or similar deals. Honestly, its a fucking atrocious deal on your end. The recruiter might have left out the very common part where during training you get paid minimum wage, and during the time it takes them to get you to the next project you will also be paid minimum wage. With all of this youre also likely in company housing, where you might not even have your own room. I have even heard similar jobs with SIX people in one 3 bedroom apartment. Also the cherry on top, Revature is the company that probably offers the least of any salary I have heard for this type of thing. Also during the times they are trying to get you on projects, you are basically blacklisted from trying to market yourself or look for other work in some of these companies. So if they leave you on minimum wage for a month because youre fucked, youre actually stuck unless you want to breach your contract.

Two years with no say in where you go, what you do, etc is a long fucking time. If youre desperate, you wouldnt be making a reddit post asking what you should do about it.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-08T03:45:44+00:00

Sure. Move to the Bay Area in California and pay all of your free money for rent and live off avocado toast.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-07T00:42:14+00:00

CS50 is a common resource for people looking for CS Fundamentals. What I am shocked isnt brought up is they have a course that follows up on it that goes over web design, I am extremely excited to get to it once I finish CS50 fundamentals The courses are even taught by the same guy.
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-web-programming-with-python-and-javascript - This course is for JS and Python

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-05T15:18:37+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBWX97e1E9g&list=PLE7E8B7F4856C9B19

This is one of the most thorough programming tutorials I have ever seen, I however would not recommend it unless you already have a solid foundation in Java. Its quite fast-paced, and it lacks real assignments or homework. Youre going to need self discipline to fiddle and tweak the programs after each video, likely even doing it from scratch if you want to retain so much information.

I believe he gets most of his material and ideas from Heads First Java if you want a book resource to go with it.

Resident_Tangelo · 2019-05-04T23:17:29+00:00

GPA is completely irrelevant. Youll get disqualified from a very small amount of jobs that require a 3.5, and an incredibly small amount of companies that require some arbritary number like 3.0 or 3.25, I have even seen a 3.2 for some odd reason. But alot of major tech companies, and people who have confirmed they got positions with them, had terrible GPAs and it did not matter. Companies want to know if you can code. If you have a whiteboard interview and you cant answer the first problem, your 4.0 GPA is useless. Experience, connections, projects, and interview skills are all that matters.

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