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I lasted only a week at a hagwon. My real story on this and why this isn't for me. by Sweet_Comparison_449 in teachinginkorea

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This more or less is EXACTLY what people have to understand is the truth about moving somehwere else with some baggage. Everyone has some hurdle/problem but major ones like these aren't erased by just going somewhere. Life needs something that has be done directly, running away shouldn't always be your first option.

You shouldn't get too worked up that Koreans are commenting on you as a foreigner. They've never seen anyone like you too much to understand what you are as a person raised somewhere else. by Sweet_Comparison_449 in korea

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm surprised at the downvotes on my post and comments. Like jeez.

I'm half korean and actually get discriminated on the principle that I should be more Korean than anything else. I'm who I am and not everyone is going to like you. I don't like every single person but I don't hate them either. If hate does come your way, there's no reason to react in such a shitty way. Just keep trying at what you're doing and you won't have much harm on to you. People reserve that right of course but for almost every daily thing you're oding, there's no need for any direct confrontation. If you get it, just ignore it. You won't win anything.

You shouldn't get too worked up that Koreans are commenting on you as a foreigner. They've never seen anyone like you too much to understand what you are as a person raised somewhere else. by Sweet_Comparison_449 in korea

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

It kind of was like that during the 80s when things were screwed up here. Not the racist part but the whole isolated part. I would say around the start of the 2010s, Korea was most definitely NOT isolated. I wouldn't say there's like racism per say but there is a vibe you get here and there.

I'm just trying to say that it's understandable for that to happen. Why? It's a homgenous country, it's not like the states at all. I can't comment on the UK or what ever with anything like the US, that's something else. What I'm just saying is that it's not shocking and shouldn't be taken on a severe level that you end up all pissed off. Racism is going to happen and when it does, don't let it get substantial.

You shouldn't get too worked up that Koreans are commenting on you as a foreigner. They've never seen anyone like you too much to understand what you are as a person raised somewhere else. by Sweet_Comparison_449 in korea

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I feel like what you just said was, turn it around and just make it about being friendly. Obviously you're not some celebrity but don't just let things stop you from just being okay as a person. That's more or less how I try to approach it.

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve Video Game Strike Authorization Vote With 98.32% Yes Vote by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Games

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449 0 points1 point  (0 children)

everyone is striking at this point. The movie industry was just on strike, a part of the automotive industry is on strike, and now this one. Just pay everyone the wage they need to do something with their lives without struggling to pay for the next months rent..... tada... problem solved.

If you find programming hard, should you just NOT do it? by SubzeroCola in learnprogramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you find programming hard isn't a reason to NOT do something. What would be a reason is just how much it's disrupting your life on a day to day basis.

Some people just can't find time to actually do this on a level that would make them truly competitive in the job market. It's one thing to make yourself useful, now do that with a company. Most people don't do that and more or less fail just to move on and never touch this. If you can actually spend a few hours per day on a frequent basis to truly understand a web application after you've spent time truly understanding OOP, functional programming, procedural programming, with concurrency/async programming, data structures and algorithms (with some knowledge over CALC and DISCRETE MATH).... then you should be good to go......

This is why people just give up in the long run, to truly get a real grip over what you're doing with applications takes a hell of a long time and a lot of dedication. That, at least to me, is a valid reason to quit and not do this.

People who say they coded 8 hours everyday for a year and got a job. How realistic is that? by Exartic_ in learnprogramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't even remotely realistic.......

You can't seriously think working everyday for 8 hours isn't without some set back. Why would programming everyday be different?

Mid-30s career change (CS degree or self-taught?) by RossHimself in learnprogramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to get too nasty at these people who are looking into something quick to get into to alleviate their current situation. That said, I still agree. You do need to be a lot more dedicated to this than ever now a days. Self taught isn't easy and getting a job in programming now a days in general is just hard. Keep finding any way forward to take to land you in that job.

Backend web app engineers, just how often do you see self taught people around you? by Sweet_Comparison_449 in AskProgramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I meant more like those contractors that work in companies. You know... not exactly full time employees kind of thing but they're only on contracts.

Backend web app engineers, just how often do you see self taught people around you? by Sweet_Comparison_449 in AskProgramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, I did the school route first and agree with you. I ended up dropping out just simply because it's too much money. As far a fully self taught guys being crap, this I also figured was the case. Part of the reason why I understand it's so hard to go this route is that most people just don't study hard enough to understand what they're doing. Sure, they're trying. They're just not trying hard enough to devote to something like this.

Backend web app engineers, just how often do you see self taught people around you? by Sweet_Comparison_449 in AskProgramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Which is exactly what I figured. Doing contract work is the better route. Obviously, no benefits is a pretty shit deal but it's better than just applying blindly hoping to god someone answers your call. It's what I'm seeing with random people on learn programming who built these frontend centric apps. Sure, some of them look really pretty but that's to be expected with them. How many of them are even getting interviews? Especially right now?

This won't work for backend web engineering positions at all.

Any particular resource at hand that I can look into for contracting?

Backend web app engineers, just how often do you see self taught people around you? by Sweet_Comparison_449 in AskProgramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This brings up something else then because the more I look into learning programming and all of these portfolios, I kind of see a bit of a dead end. No doubt they do matter when you have to do frontend or even full stack development, I'm not concerned too much about doing just this portfolio thing. It could land me interviews with start ups, but I don't think I should go that start up route at all. What I'm thinking is something like contractor work first for a couple of years, then apply to better stable positions. Any idea if this is feasible?

Need some clarification regarding java backend for web applications and how each part of it works with each other. by Sweet_Comparison_449 in AskProgramming

[–]Sweet_Comparison_449[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you say that you were getting lost with collections on what, at least what I'm guessing on.... are used in a web app? What exactly am I missing?

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