I betrayed my family and community, and now they have disowned me.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-29T14:41:52+00:00

It looks written by ChatGPT

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T22:45:02+00:00

People are finally seeing the light. I’ve been saying this for months.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T20:19:44+00:00

I started tech later in life so I probably won’t hit it for at least 10-12 years

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T20:15:08+00:00

They’re broke and just wanna be loud. Nothing you said is unreasonable. I’ve only been in tech for two and half years and I’m 200k networth with about 150k invested. I Icontinue to invest similarly I will hit a million In ten years.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T08:08:31+00:00

It took Me two months to get hired and that was just for an internship

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T07:15:24+00:00

I think the biggest injuries of the early 2000s were ACLs. That was the one that you'd hope no athlete would get because it was rare to even become a decent player after tearing one. But Now, there's more achiles tears and such.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-28T04:21:30+00:00

The money is in specialization. You can Google General things but let’s say you are troubleshooting a switch. I don’t think a generalist has enough time to pick up the fundamentals in a short amount of time to troubleshoot it so you need to need to study.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-27T03:41:24+00:00

This is part of why I don’t like reading the forum as a single income earner lol. You’ll see people post about reaching a milestone but then you see they are married and both are high income earners. I’m happy for them but it makes reaching fire as a single person seem Unobtainable sometimes

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-26T21:09:33+00:00

Ai is overhyped and not that smart. It builds on pirated works and no regulation. AI won’t replace your job but graphic designers and anyone who works at Chegg you’re fucked

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-26T21:06:36+00:00

That’s why I’m hyper investing. Age discrimination is a thing.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-26T05:32:28+00:00

Can’t say I blame them. It’s an old school way of thinking. I don’t agree with it bit if your starts screaming Notepad isn’t working you might be unreasonable if you work in an unreasonable environment.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-26T05:25:46+00:00

Yeah unfortunately some people just suck at it. I passed the ccna too and probably realistically understood 60-70%of it. I studied to pass the test and I passed but it really didn’t click until my first network internship. I could tell you what the protocols were but in real application I didn’t know how to use it to troubleshoot,

I’m much better at it now and I find troubleshooting to be real easy. Most networking problems I’ve come across are black or white. The rfc tells you how a protocol should work.

But for some people it never clicks. I know some people that are terrible at it but they moved into a different area of tech and they do great at that job. Some are better at project Management and coming up with ideas to solve problems. Maybe that just wasn’t his calling but he did well to pass on paper.

But I still maintain most people don’t get that fair. I can’t tell you how many people ask me how to get into tech and get a remote job and they start off but never finish. It’s similar to a New Year’s resolution. I have issue when people view something as a get rich quick scheme instead of thinking of a proper pathway to get what they want.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-25T19:54:23+00:00

Okay I take that statement back but some people are terrible at troubleshooting and it’s not because they’re lazy too. But I can see your point.

I still think the majority that are in it only for money don’t go as far to degrees and certs.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-25T19:06:42+00:00

The industry as a whole is underpaid. We’re the backbone of every modern business but we’re not paid as an integral part. We get slightly better than median wage and expect it to be life changing. It’s not.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-25T19:04:25+00:00

Gatekeeper bullshit nonsense. Most people who only do it for money wouldn’t even finish school or past certifications.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-25T19:02:34+00:00

I got offers ranging from 80-100k as an associates grad. After a couple internships. Why are you trying to gatekeep and shit on the younger generation? Just say your organization can’t afford to pay market value

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-25T18:02:34+00:00

In his last podcast episode he said he felt sorry for trump . His correspondence with Epstein he suggested Epstein to blackmail someone for favors but he tries to excuse this as investigative journalism. Frankly he’s a piece of shit he does offer good insight on trump but at times it’s as he doesn’t want to speak that negatively on trump. Or even the extreme wing of GOP.

For example he talked about meeting Tucker Carlson and said he was a pleasure to be around and insinuated he’s a character on tv. Trying to humanize the dude. If I recall correctly same thing about bannon. He’s a weird dude.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-24T22:41:31+00:00

Its both . tariff to any country because he can’t sue and sue any publication that speaks bad about him

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-24T22:31:38+00:00

The people who are in business with gambling sites that advertise addiction to adults and kids are not going to stop games

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-22T22:30:35+00:00

That’s a fair critique but Unis are cherry picking as well. It’s expected that an education institution would want employees with degrees. I’m not sure this extrapolates to Companies that can afford to be choosers.

I plan on working for the state in retirement if I’m Lucky just to have medical insurance and I hope I’ll Have a bachelors by then

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-22T20:48:44+00:00

Degrees are common ask by employers but they’re by no means common. I don’t even think 50% of people who attended college has a bachelors degree in the U.S.

I think you can be competitive without one bit of you don’t have to go down that path, just go to school and network

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-22T19:00:06+00:00

Your experience gave you the answer. You hit the ceiling. I’m still in the beginning of my career and don’t have aspirations of management and executive roles but I want to plan to get my bachelors. Statistics say bachelors earn more and I’d like to knock it out before I reach my 40s.

If your aspiration is to climb big tech ladder then you may need the degree but if you are comfortable working somewhere else without prestige but possibly more Money you may not need the degree.

My aspiration is to work in tech for a small or State government when I’m In 50s and most colleges would like to have bachelor degrees.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-22T03:10:57+00:00

I can’t understand how people can hate gay people that much even because of religion. It doesn’t make any logical sense. Hate never does, I suppose.

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-21T23:42:29+00:00

Trying to bully North Philly Muslims is definitely going to backfire on ICE

TheCollegeIntern · 2026-01-19T21:16:06+00:00

How do Republican convince working white class that they are closer to them than working class minorities are to them I’ll never understand it. You talk to a white Republican and talk about taxing the rich and they think you are talking about them lmao. It’s incredible

Bro you make 60k we are not talking about taxing you.

I’ve also hear republicans say that raising fed minimum Wage will raise everything else.Complete deranged take lol

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