Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow

Re:Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow by bombcar on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:18PM (#42795134)

That's still possible (and in some cases, plumber/carpenter/contractor is perhaps the best option still available).

What we're seeing is at least partially the result of everyone going to college for something like a few decades.

Deciding to be apprentice to a plumber at 17 is much different than having to do the same at 21/23 because the degree you went into debt for isn't panning out the way you wanted.

You're 4+ years behind, you're some amount of debt in the hole, and you're having to work hard.

(Average student loan debt is something like $37k, which isn't the cost of a house, but is certainly close to a down payment.)

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Re:Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow by mixmastamyk on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:17PM (#42796425)

You're right, my nephew bought a shack to fix up in Montana a few years back. But, I don't think that's what most people think of when they say the dream is alive.

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Re:Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow by scarface_74 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:29PM (#42798203)

You can still get an FHA loan and put 3.5% down.

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