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After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
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Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
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I don't spend anywhere CLOSE to $2000/mo on rent, and I live in a pretty nice place in the middle of SF. That's really what I'm getting at: if you're single and don't have a family, and you're happy with roommates and not living in a palace, then you can enjoy SF and not only not go broke, but you might save a penny or two. Now if your life situation is such that the whole "single and don't have a family" thing doesn…
>I don't spend anywhere CLOSE to $2000/mo on rent, and I live in a pretty nice place in the middle of SF. More details, please? I've been trying to look for places recently and everything seems to be exorbitantly priced.
I explained it elsewhere, but the short version is "watch Craigslist like a hawk until you find what you want". Let's say you find a place that's $900 - $1100 / month. Sounds reasonable, but remember:
- Everyone else is looking for that, too, so you need to act fast.
- It's not a dealbreaker to live in, say, the Tenderloin in SF, but do some research and make sure you're comfortable.
- People in SF will get 10 - 60 replies per day on an apartment listing, especially if the price is reasonable for the area. Stand out and be awesome.
- The same goes for the interview.
- Have stuff like bank statements and recent credit reports handing, and have the cash to make the move. So many people make it past the screening phase but then put their roommates on hold waiting for the "check in the mail". Money talks.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly I think roommates isn't a requirement (at least in most of those cities) either.
um, what? With tiny 400 square foot apartments going for 2500 in San Francisco... how can you possibly say that?
San Fransisco perhaps isn't going to work well for somebody who wants to live on their own and save money, but they are the outlier there. It is trivial in Seattle, and not hard in NYC if you don't insist on Manhattan. I know people who do it in Boston and Chicago (until recently anyway, and technically he was making "ethanol engineer" money, not "tech" money... I digress though.)
I am not very familiar with San Francisco, so I left myself some wiggle room ("(at least in most of those cities)") but having a roommate is not a requirement for anybody making a tech salary and wanting to save money in those other cities.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly I think roommates isn't a requirement (at least in most of those cities) either.
um, what? With tiny 400 square foot apartments going for 2500 in San Francisco... how can you possibly say that?
That's a one bedroom or studio. As the number of bedrooms goes up, the price per room goes down.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#295Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you want to live in SF by yourself Oh, sorry, I thought we were talking about someone who is making the bare minimum effort to save money. My mistake.
That doesn't even make sense. If someone is making the bare minimum effort, then they would probably live by themselves. Are you sure you thought that message through?
What? It's much, much cheaper to live with other people than by oneself.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#296Earlier quoted context omitted.
um, what? With tiny 400 square foot apartments going for 2500 in San Francisco... how can you possibly say that?
That's a one bedroom or studio. As the number of bedrooms goes up, the price per room goes down.
His point is that it only becomes feasible when you are living with roommates. My point is that San Francisco is unique in that regard.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
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People who judge others are the worst kind of people.
You have the right and the duty to judge the people in your life. This doesn't make you a bad person. On the contrary, it's part of the human experience. People who say they are not judgmental are the worst kind of liars, because they lie not only to others, but also to themselves.
> People who say they are not judgmental are the worst kind of liars
You need to meet more, nicer people.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
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Too bad it is most likely not true! But it's a down right cool PR move
Why do you say that?
Because it's completely unrealistic that a person who has no programming experience, even worse even no basic HTML experience will have familiarity with a Gemfile, how to hide access keys from a repository, etc.
If you think that that information is something you can understand, internalize and actually make work in less than 5 days you're delusional.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#299This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…
This approach definitely works for cooking - it's been tried before. See, for example, the Julie/Julia project, where one woman decided to cook her way through the entirety of "Mastering The Art Of French Cooking" by Julia Child. ( http://web.archive.org/web/20021217011704/http://blogs.salon... )
"The Julie/Julia Project. Coming soon to a computer terminal near you."
Wow.
Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.
Whats with all the generalization in HN today?