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How old are you?

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40 this year.

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6 foot and 160…how the hell do you have love handles??????

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Frequent enjoyer of craft beer. I'm lean AF everywhere else, but thighs and lower belly has been tough to get rid of. Was in great shape many years ago, but only been training with a purpose and making positive health changes for the last year after hovering around 175 and noticeably out of shape.

I'm a product of "learn to code" and now manage 2 development teams, so I can give you some advice.

Bootcamps are not worth it IMO. They're incredibly expensive and you won't learn much more than what's on youtube. I also don't think the networking is beneficial as you'll need more demonstrated experience than what you'll do in the bootcamp to get a position worth the investment.

Some of the best SWEs I've worked with are self taught because they have put in the effort to get good at what they do in their outside time. My CS grads really only do the bare minimum to get by as its only a "job" for them. When hiring juniors, I look for someone with a broad portfolio of demonstrated work that indicates they not only know the basics of coding, but are knowledgeable of APIs, cloud services like AWS or GCP, containerization, databases, etc. Most of the "good first project" examples you see are too basic. You really need to be able to build and deploy an application to not get passed over. A good example would be a sports betting mobile app that is gathering public information, simulating matches, and giving you odds for bets on future games. Something that works with video or audio is also more beneficial than just text. A basic to-do app is seen as amateur these days. You should have an active github profile or portfolio website to showcase your work. This will be the difference in landing a 50k vs 100k job.

There is far more web development work available, so it will be easier to find a job doing that, but some people don't care for it. Changing the shape of a button on a website is pretty boring, but it's easier to get your foot in the door with frontend or fullstack work. Some notable technologies are React and Angular, which have a learning curve, but you'll likely need to be competent in one framework. Look into stacks such as MEAN and MERN and know what each of them do and how they work together.

AI/ML/Datascience is super sexy right, but it's not practical to obtain these at entry level, IMO.

IF you can get good at data structures and algorithms (ie. you can solve and explain a leetcode hard in <30 minutes), you can break into big tech with very little experience, but this will take extreme dedication because people do it competitively and have been for years.

Here is a list of companies that don't do whiteboarding style interviews

Consider start ups as they'll usually take whatever they can get and you will be thrown to the wolves but learn an awful lot in the process. It'll be a rollercoaster but if you can last a year, you'll have the experience you need to make a career out of it.

Lastly, start getting involved with open source work. If you have contributions to an active project, you'll be ahead of the other applicants. Working with production software is different - reading and understanding someone's else's code can be challenging. This is a great way to get that experience and the maintainers will gladly accept the help and mentor you along the way. Best of luck.

Original delivery date for me was Nov 5-10. It got pushed back 2 weeks, but I got a shipping notification last night with delivery of Nov 16. :nana:

Ordered a 14" M1 Max to replace my 2014 MBA.

I've been patient :lol:

Looks like this juvenile western bluebird.

LINK

You should decide what type of trip you want to do. What are your must do's in each city?

Tokyo-Seoul trip if you want cities/sight seeing.
If I had 3 days in Tokyo, I'd do Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku, but you could easily spend a month in Japan - Kyoto/Osaka, onsens, Mt Fuji, etc.

If you want beach and haven't been to SE Asia, go to Krabi and Bali. Ao Nang, Railay, and Phi Phi in Krabi.
Seminyak, Ubud, Hanging Gardens.

KL and SG while great cities, would not recommend, especially for a first timer as you'll have much more to do elsewhere.

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It’s amazing how accurate The Mathematical Film Test is

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in the list of 18 films below.


Film List:
1. Gone With The Wind
2. E.T.
3. Beverly Hills Cop
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Joy of Gay Anal Fisting
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubt-fire

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Godspeed. I have those in the yard and I’ve pulled out miles of root trying to get rid of them.

Gonna ride this baby all the way to $10.

I’ll add, not to feed the trolls, but because I deal with this and find it incredibly frustrating...

Paying off the debt is one step of the program. Bankruptcy is probably a better solution for most, but unless they stop spending and treating debt like their enemy, they find themselves in the same position again. That’s where the other pet tricks like cash in an envelope, as ridiculous as it is, is effective.

It goes back to the OP and the replies on the first page that this advice is not about coming out ahead, but dealing with very irresponsible people who cannot manage their spending habits.

Maybe it’s just me, but the people I’ve steered toward’s Dave Ramsey’s advice are people who will likely never make it past step 1. One has filed bankruptcy at least twice that I know of.

It’s not my hope that they pay off debt the fastest. It’s my hope that they read testimonials from people who were in impossible situations and managed to get out and that they finally come to a decision to change their lives. I lose a lot of sleep when I have a family member that calls and tells me if I don’t pay their utility bill they’ll be in the dark.

I come off as an a-hole but I will never give them a dime. I have an open offer that whenever they are ready I will sit down and help them manage their finances. My offer has never been accepted. I’d consider it a great success if I could help them just live paycheck to paycheck and I could live without the guilt of watching someone live miserably.

I want them to be afraid of debt, to not take it on, but they love it. Credit to them is free money that they don’t plan on paying back. Can you imagine how difficult it is to deal with someone like that? They’re not used to seeing a positive account balance.

They’d be rich beyond their wildest dreams if they could only save $1,000 and complete step 1. I would hope that would be enough motivation to continue the steps.

Lastly, these types of people are not trying to make the decisions of paying off a car note at 3% vs a student loan at 5%. They’re dealing with late fees and reconnect fee payday loans with three digit interest rates. That’s where starting small to get your head above water can give you room to breathe.