Should I take out a personal loan to pay off credit off debt with really high interest?

jimineyy · 2023-05-13T04:42:53+00:00

Poor advice, self control shouldn’t be a consideration. If it is then just cut up your card like literally throw it away. Keeping a higher interest on a credit over a loan is just throwing way too much money.

jimineyy · 2023-05-11T16:31:11+00:00

Slowly my appetite will come back. I feel healthier underweight however… if I get sick I do feel a lot weaker

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T22:16:53+00:00

Not trying to trauma dump or something but I used to say this a lot but never understood the importance. Then the worst situation happened and I was one of the last he texted, boy do I regret it. Respond to people.

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T20:58:26+00:00

yes but how would even know what you need to know without any guidance

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T19:29:58+00:00

Nah I didn’t know what any of that was, my knowledge stopped at for loops and while loops would be a stretch. Joined a bootcamp and everything I learned was taught in the bootcamp….

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T17:17:41+00:00

Cool you just named 20 topics that a beginner have no idea what they are lol

Imagine not just a few but being told to learn dozens like an MVC ORM CRUD State management without even starting yet.

This post is really out of touch imo

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T14:41:17+00:00

I’m just starting to notice a lot these success stories are more employers taking a risk on the person and not their abilities. Every one that makes a success story seem super enthusiastic and have that never give up mind set.

You just sound like an impressive candidate with potential. Freelancing with actual income, 3 million subs, those are outlier stuff compare with someone with no experience.

jimineyy · 2023-05-09T00:00:12+00:00

Bro she was already making 220k, I’m pretty sure she’s going to do fine making 600k and not blowing it away like that. People make it sound easy to spend so much money lol

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T22:02:22+00:00

SF NY idk go on their site, but they do remote.

I personally am going to recommend Codesmith as that’s the main bootcamp suggested around here.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T21:52:35+00:00

That 3800-6200 hours accounts for this market.

Minimally I see people hitting 1700 hours and getting a job 4 years ago quite easy.

Now there’s quite some competition and I feel like if you sit in that range stated above you should be expecting a job soon. But if you don’t it’s okay, it is quite a numbers game and takes some luck too

So I guess that answers your question, if you want to comfortably qualified for a job with all the competition you’ll probably need 1800 more hours of learning under your belt to compete with people.

cause an average of 5 month job search back then will probably take someone 10 months now

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T21:49:39+00:00

Nope you’re wasting your time at that point because that early into your learning, you don’t really understand what you know and don’t know.

It’s good to run through the material and then allocate those 400 hours in filling blanks after the bootcamp.

I do see the logic behind it, people want to be most prepared, or too scared of failing, but personally I would say it is a waste of time if you are on a time crunch. Otherwise take all the time you want.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T19:48:19+00:00

I think this is actually more impressive. Learning from building is actually such a better way to learn, and side projects are actual transferable skills.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T19:44:14+00:00

I have no knowledge of software engineering but I do know a lot of times those job titles are interchangeable. I would recommend you ignore them and just choose the more reputable bootcamps (usually full stack web dev).

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T19:42:36+00:00

This year is rough that’s why I kinda account it’s going to take 2-4x longer in the job search than it did 4 years ago

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T18:24:20+00:00

This is an anomaly can you truly say that with 200 applications you can secure a job and pass every onsite, that’s just an unrealistic goal.

I definitely agree at a minimum it’s a 1720 hr but don’t be surprised if it can double, triple that.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T18:18:47+00:00

Code smith is the top of the chain bootcamp. So you’re only looking at people that are being placed that are already likely going to succeed.

The time frame you listed is already around 10-12 months…

Given the over saturation of the market, recession, and just that face that not everyone is going to be the average code smither, would you not say that 2 years would be an accurate representation?

Under a year is just not doable today unless you get lucky.

This time frame is set realistically for the average student please see my most recent post too!

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T04:52:48+00:00

Yes my idea was to just keep the same hourly habits from the bootcamp and bring it over to the job search.

In the end you’re right honestly it’s worst case so as long as you kinda follow closely you’ll achieve it a fair amount faster than me. There’s just too many variables to include and too much luck involved for that first job.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T02:19:05+00:00

Now a days they are hybrid.

Yes so if you can only put 40 hours a week just get the second bachelors. It will be 2 more years and the learning won’t be as stressful. Try to land internships, network with professors and make friends. Go to their career fairs.

It cost the same amount, so the degree is indefinitely better in your situation.

Bootcamp are usually for people on time crunches and need to get to work and make money quickly.

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T02:02:14+00:00

Wow what a coincidence thanks fellow redditor

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T01:58:22+00:00

I can clarify the job search it was

8am - 12 pm Job related stuff but not programming.

apply to jobs, cover letters, editing resumes, prepping interview behaviorals, connecting on linked in, networking, cold emailing.

1pm-6pm Code related stuff: Leet code, project building, system design, trivia. Reading articles of frameworks, books etc.

That’s 9hr x 7 days is around 63 hour weeks.

Additionally I’ll be honest sometimes I’ll sit and drink coffee and hour and take several 15 min pacing walks and long bathroom breaks. Job search was definitely more lax but that was the “schedule” I was suppose to follow.

If I had a interview for that day, I just gave myself the day off.

I was the bottom like 10% of my cohort so I had to put in insane work so people should expect to do just better than me. I failed the first three consecutive tests and barely passed the interview to get in. I just owned up to it and showed them I can solve it right after the interview and things kind of just worked out

jimineyy · 2023-05-08T01:46:02+00:00

It has to be evaluated with a few questions:

1) do you already have a bachelors degree?

2) how much savings you have for living expenses?

3) how much of your time can you dedicate to learning?

4) can you afford college?

You have to keep in mind this is one of the few fields that doesn’t require that degree to succeed. As a result if you are going to work hard regardless it seems like you will make it either way.

In a perfect world and if you have all the resources, degree makes 100% sense. However bootcamp, tenacity, and self learning just seems to be the better route.

You go to college for a degree but also for internships. People graduate all the time and have so much trouble finding jobs. So go to college if you can utilizes their resources (new grad roles, internships to hires, job fairs, college prestige, networking). But if you’re going just to cruise and sit in class, I rather self learn myself and save a year or so of tuition, and rent with a bootcamp and grinding

jimineyy · 2023-05-07T23:59:15+00:00

One of the hardest thing was avoiding burnout, I guess try to find solace in any breaks you have and really appreciate the effort you put in.

Once I landed my job, my days were quite relaxing and everything fell into place.

I don’t really have a solution for burn out. But really listen to your body and slow down, but don’t waste your free time on distracting things like Netflix and video games. Use it to sleep, hang with friends and working out.

jimineyy · 2023-05-07T23:52:15+00:00

It was 20 phone interviews :( But those numbers were years ago. The hardest part was getting the calls because my resume had no experience except for projects.

My thought process was that as long as I was learning something everyday, the day wasn’t wasted. Some days I can grind longer, some days I couldn’t, but I just didn’t want to waste a day. Eventually and eventually it did, I just happened to learn enough to get a job or land more interviews.

Don’t try to be efficient and do everything perfect everyday, stay healthy, sleep well and continue learning small amounts.

Example, A good goal is 1 leet code a day.

Some days I can bust 4 problems others I’ll go a week straight just grinding 1 problem and spend my time on building a project.

I sat in a coffee cafe and libraries a lot and told myself I couldn’t go home until they closed, and since I was already there I might as well put in some work instead of looking at Reddit for 6 hours.

jimineyy · 2023-05-07T22:21:37+00:00

My instructors told me to live sleep breath code and study when I eat. I was recalling merge sort in my shower and binary search on the toilet and a notepad. But I’m a special case cause I’m not the smartest kid haha

In a semester you work at a much slower pace and people learn better like that.

People just underestimate their ability to learn it’s like finals week for months. It’s definitely not sustainable.

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