@VinceChaos A Master's in what?

CS

@VinceChaos The opportunities with a Master's in CS are unparalleled. If you really like computers

That’s what I understand. You’ll get an offer months ahead of time in anticipation of graduation

It’s just the price

Yeah pretty much. Ideally you have time for a (paid) internship between your first and second year.

Nice. Yeah I’m using free products as of now. We’ll see what’s next

@ThisIsChris for you, but I'd love to hear what you have to say @NuclearReactionary

I heard of this great apprenticeship program from LinkedIn called Reach for programmers from non traditional backgrounds

@Mick yes I was very interested in coding. It really helps because even when you start working you learn a lot on the job but it helps a lot to learn outside of work too.

Recommending the podcast “learn to code with me” if you drive a lot like I do and feel guilty if you can’t seem to find the time to code

@ThisIsChris I've only taken a couple of introductory courses when I was younger. So I only have a very basic understanding of what goes into coding. Just made a basic website once really. It was actually kind of fun. I've the means to go back to school, eventually, it's just a matter of when at this point really. And for what.

@Mick I'll DM you

Sorry, lotta questions to answer. In order:
1. "Here" is San Jose.
2. I fell into teaching and I'm not crazy about it. Also, I'm at a private school, which doesn't necessarily mean high salary (you'd assume that, but it's not always the case). Most importantly: no pension.
3. Yes, I'm interested in CS now. Hindsight being 20-20, I definitely got the wrong degree: Music Business/Technology. I just was never exposed to CS or didn't think I could do it.
4. A Masters in CS isn't really an option; schools won't consider a BA good enough.

indeed.com

paysa.com

@Mick

@VinceChaos I've always been a little put-off by that learntocodewith.me site. That's the podcast you're referring to, right?

But I've never listened to her podcast. It's good, you say?

I got valuable info the first episode I listened to

About that reach program

Never visited the site

@NuclearReactionary San Jose is basically same as SF, in which case any salary I quoted for NY you can tack on 10-15% on. But I'm skepical of those payscale estimates for front end devs unless you qualified them as people with a Bachelor's in CS, or who have many years of experience.

Ok @ThisIsChris . Hmm. Well, we'll see what happens. I teach web dev anyway, so this program isn't terribly expensive as a form of professional development.

Another thing to consider: In my current position my salary isn't likely to grow much, if at all. Meanwhile, the salaries as a web dev _start_ maybe a bit below what I make now and grow far above whatever I'll ever make in my current employment.

@NuclearReactionary yes, also with respect to you pointing out you teach at a private school, I see what you mean. Private school teaching, afaik from my dad, doesn't compensate nearly as much.

$142,000 avg salary in San Jose, CA
$143,000 avg annual rent for 1br apartment in San Jose, CA

😛

@Tanner - SC The Bay is bananas!

BS! A 12k/month apartment?! That’s not an avg apartment!

Last time I was out there, a small 2 bedroom ranch outside the city was ~$800k

@micbwilli what do you think of "the singularity" and brain emulation? I was talking to a friend about it earlier today.

I listened to Kaczynski manifesto on the progress of man and industrialization. I got 2 big take aways from it.

You can't end the progress due to an inability to make a simultaneous revolutionary impact.

Who controls and builds the last machine brain build by a man will ever build might decide if human existence continues.

@micbwilli 😢 scary stuff

Does anyone have any experience with visual basic and the correct way to save a project's files? Gotta love putting in extra hours at school just to get a zero on something because it didn't save properly... 😡

<@&387091385075105804> <@&435155896780324864> ?

^

Did you get any feedback on what was wrong with your submission

"does not have all project files to run the program"

Using visual studio?

Yup