Career advice for young system programmers

Re:Career advice for young system programmers by throwguy7 on Friday August 18, 2023 @11:28PM (#37185202)

WGU: $6k/semester. Online. If you already know everything in a CS curriculum and have the practical knowledge (e.g. databases, ds&a, calc/discrete, front-end, back-end, OSes, etc.) you can finish in one semester by testing out.

Low income? Go into sales or work in an oil field or go be a lineman for a year. Save $100k, go to school after.

If you live in Washington state, I know you know linemen are in demand.

If you’re able-bodied: this is a viable path. Risky? Yes, but that’s life.

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Re:Career advice for young system programmers by zlg_codes on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:01AM (#37185988)

Sadly, I am lacking in higher math so I would need some refresher courses on algebra, geometry, trig, and calc to catch up. I suspect I learned parts of those things "intuitively" so I would prefer to fill those holes in. I've learned a little about sin() and cos() with 2D graphics but a deeper understanding of math I think would propel me further. Is that something WGU could do?

I don't know what a lineman is, but I'm definitely not up to hard labor; recovering from tendonitis I got from a recent agricultural job.

Is electrical easy enough on the body? I've daydreamed about a dual CS/EE but I imagine the grit required for that path is far beyond the resources available to me.

Thanks for the recommendation, though, I'll look at it.

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