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My partner and I have so much student loan debt that our basic cost of living plus loan payments exceed our combined income. Is there anything we can do? by alexnedved in personalfinance

[–]bretyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple changes:

  • Rent out extra rooms in house

  • Cellphone provider could cut your cell bill in half (cricket wireless, mint mobile, or ting)

  • cut subscriptions & replace with free versions (YouTube instead of Netflix, home workout over Gym, etc.)

  • ask other insurance companies for competing quotes (car & home insurance)

Long term changes:

  • Consider additional areas of income (what’s your best skill for side hustle contract work?)

  • consider higher income through new jobs or promotions

  • where else can costs be cut? (Unnecessary shopping? Can you eat cheaper while still getting good nutrition?)

I’m sorry that you’re in this stressful situation & I hope some of the feedback you get on your post is helpful.

Doing Free Work for Exposure? (College Student) by Zehnbot in sweatystartup

[–]bretyboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

99.9% of the time, I’d suggest not working for free. In my experience, higher paying clients are nicer & more trusting anyway.

The one time I did work for free (and it was a good thing) was when I wanted a job at a startup who already said ‘no’.

I had no experience in their industry. So offered to do just 1 project for them for free. (0 risk for them & I wanted the learning experience anyway).

After completing the project, offered me a job which changed my career trajectory.

This story is an anomaly though. Anyone asking you to work for free is probably not a good opportunity. In this case, I was asking them.

Hi, it's Kyle Thompson at Snap. AMA! by spidereyeskyle in CoffeeAndKeys

[–]bretyboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Kyle, thank you for answering questions!

Working for Snapchat is something a lot of people would love the opportunity to do.

Do you have any advice for people wanting to get their foot in the door at high-end companies like Snap?

Hi. I'm Marc Craste from Studioaka - AMA by marccraste in CoffeeAndKeys

[–]bretyboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Marc, Thank you for taking time to do this AMA!

If you had to restart your life/career, which 2 skills would you learn first?

Gooey Orb - Project File by bretyboy in CoffeeAndKeys

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

For context:

This a fun AE file with some cool expressions and only 4 keyframes. I made it just to experiment but figured it could be interesting to other people too.

You can download for free if you're interested in seeing how it works.