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Re:Career advice for young system programmers by the_only_law on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:19PM (#37179902)
> and taking jobs that had enough flexibility to work around my school schedule.

Where? Most jobs I can think of offhand that offer that sort of flexibility pay a pittance, like barely enough to live, let alone pay for large education expenses on top of that. I suppose you can also find work at night, while doing schooling for the day, but I wonder how the sort of sleep schedule imposed by that will effect you work in both.

Re:Career advice for young system programmers by JohnMakin on Friday August 18, 2023 @06:00PM (#37182732)
I can't really say without exposing my identity in a way I'm not comfortable with, but I took a lot of work at night if I could, and if not, I took flexible jobs like Uber/Lyft that allowed me to make my own hours. My main gig allowed me to reschedule and move stuff around if I had to, which was critical.

I'm not saying it's easy, but especially in today's age with the popularity of online degrees, it's not impossible.