A little confused, so did you move to tech because of a better pay or because you felt you going to college and being in construction was not the right thing to do ?. If construction paid as well, why move ?. Coming from a person in tech.

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There’s kid in top 20 cs colleges finding it hard to land a full time role

You said you are from Oakland California. Do you feel like crime has gotten worse in that area?

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As a self taught developer, having to study with a full time job is really having two full time job. If you were able to do this while having another job, then that's a huge accomplishment and definitely not an easy task to do. I had to quit my job full-time to study and learn enough to break into the software industry, which took about a year. It's been almost 6 years and I'm glad I made that choice. Similarly, I was working a blue collar job at the time, finished my degree with a science background and coming out of school not having an idea of what to do. The fact that you felt lost and saw years ahead of what your life would have been without the switch was the same eye-opener I experienced. For those who are thinking about switching careers to better your future, if you have the support group or able to quit right now, I highly recommend it. Your energy is limited, if you have a full time job, its exhausting and energy is something that is going to be your most valuable asset in learning a new skill. Kudos to you and the fact that you persevered through your hardships made you a stronger person and being able to reflect back on your past makes you much more grateful for what you've accomplished.

The fact is the construction work is worth doing as much as other kinds of work. We have this comparison between occupations, which is absurd and we should only use it as a tool to decide which to do. Once you get it done, and you can do it, make your money, contribute to the society through your tax and the result for the client, I think it’s one hell success. There will be lingering thoughts about your previous studying process but now you can focus on working this job. It’s all good.

Wait you did bootcamp and went for senior role for 100K ? USA is really a different ball game, I am making 35k a year with masters in Information Security and 4 years of experience in Eastern Europe.

great video, listened to everything you had to say

Cool, Someone called me late bloomer as well. I taught myself how to code while driving trucks. I was previously a maintenance supervisor and a plumbing tech. I am not sure if I want to get into the tech space, but I am working on personal projects that could make me a living.

What was ur degree in

I never finished college dropped out and instead self taught myself Linux and System Administration and a bit of codding. I do a lot shell Scripting on the job as a Sr. Desktop Support and Linux Administrator. The future is automation with DevOps automation tools and generative AI. I have been going pretty deep with understanding LLMs after i built my own AI server.

This was really helpful because you humanize the situation where you have to deal with having a hard job while studying on your own and pursuing another career path--it's hard to find motivation when you're not actually in school, and the lack of peer support is isolating. But you did it, offering great hacks to get yourself in the "zone" and just crank out the hours. That's a great idea, just go to a local college library and surround yourself with people studying. But how did you get in without being a student? Also, you mention going to boot camp: do you think it was worth it, and do you think you would've been as successful without the connections boot camps provide? Thanks again for this helpful video.

How long did it take for you to get a job i.e from coding to a job. How old were you when you started and how old where you started coding when got the job.

Hey thanks I really needed to see this. I have a job and if you’re coming up on Tuesday with a really good company. It’s a tech interview. I’ve been studying pretty hard. Trying to make sure I make it through this. I feel like if I do, I’ll be at home pretty soon to get a job over 160k. As a fellow dad, you got my sub. Looking forward to hear more your stories and possibly connecting!

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Really appreciate this upload as someone who’s trying balance web Dev with uni, Uni is a waste of time tbh so real studying is done after uni

that was just the recruiter being a jack-ass so he could brag about how bad he ripped you off thinking it's going to ingratiate himself to the employer

my advice is make sure to build, best way to layer your learning, and testing it, is building. I was a prisoner of doingthings for sake of doing things, getting the certificate or build projects, but had very little to no clue, how and what does what. BUILD and code is the most effective way to learn

You really gave me some inspiration to keep going. Very inspiring story, I'm currently 18 months into learning programming, I can relate to the discipline you have and I want to keep pushing. Programming is my passion so it's much easier.

Very inspiring. I wish you continued success!

Great video bro, keep grinding!

I share a similar story but instead of construction I was in a factory gig that I worked for 7 years. The pay was good but the future started to look dim!! I worked 3-12s Friday to Monday morning I was working and learning coding I’m a data engineer today!! Life’s good

Awesome video, I am currently working a full time job as well and want to get into software development and I can thoroughly relate to the part of us being couch potatoes after coming home. Finding a local cafe/library is definitely something that I will try to incorporate as a new habit after work and as I have long commutues, usually around an hour to an hour and a half, listening/ watching videos/lectures for learning instead of music is something I hadn't considered, will definitely try to pick up on that as well! Looking forward to learning more from you, keep up the great work!

i love the haircut my bro, you ain't looking bad at all, hope you and your family have a great summer

I've been in software for a while and I can say that for the most part the title senior is meaningless and will vary from company to company. Should you apply to a senior role with no experience? Absolutely not. But if you've worked other jobs and have solid projects/experience then you might be fine. So much of senior is often your ability to work and solve problems on your own as well as your ability to know when to ask for help

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do you think is it possible to study medicine when you are a software engineer?

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8 Months later after this video was posted, its the same if not worse! I graduated this spring in 2024 with a BS in Computer Science. I have IT experience from a job I had during school but no SWE experience other than projects from courses. I have obtained now 2 certifications (1 in full stack development and 1 in AWS) since graduating and have applied to 400-500 jobs with not a SINGLE Interview. I haven't event heard back from 60% of them. I'm starting to wish I took the Business Major route instead of CS...

Thank you for this video, graudated school 2 months ago, working a forklift job.

Omg that’s a horrible experience - so sorry that happened to you!

Nobody uses their "degree" anymore. Biggest waste of time and energy in the world. College is a false-idol.

Thanks so much for the moving story. It really makes me appreciate the manners I use when interviewing. Even online 'body language' matters

F*** recruiters posting fake jobs.

Is it possible to land a job with just a certificate in data analytics? With no prior experience in that field? I’m wanting to make a career change to analytics what would you suggest I’d do for success?

I really love what you're sharing, I have been learning to code for 6 years without any jobs but I won't give up

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"Eventually you'll realize that you aren't qualified for any job with qualifications, and after a period of being rejected by jobs without any, you will finally get one, a way to eat and pay the rent, your dreams in tatters, your future shrouded in a fog of poverty and humility."

I don't know whats up guys, everybody just has to learn to eat shit and none of us are born with a god given right to anything better. Take what you can get, step up to the plate when it's your best interests, not your companies etc. It's a human pit and you better get climbing. The pain, humilation, suffering is the weakness leaving your body. Theres guys that work in finance literally having heart attacks at 24....i'm just glad in tech we aren't them... Software dev in fintech, 10 years.