If you’re having issues getting hired, lack of skills is not your problem. Anyone that takes you up on this offer is exploiting you and don’t expect to be respected when co workers find out your arrangement.
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#22Send me an email! moura at oko dot ai
We use React+Redux on the front-end and nodejs+Python on the back end. I think you will be a great fit.
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#23Go door to door to small businesses to build them a webpage for free.
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#24Under no circumstances should you pay to work. You'll be taken advantage of. No company that has anything positive to give you would consider such an arrangement.
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#25CTO of an edtech startup here. I'd love to talk to you! Shoot me an email at jaydev at mathbrix dot com
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#26Why don't you use that $10,000 to start your own company. You can then give all those HR people the finger, like they deserve.
My coding skills is not at that level yet where I can be my own CTO.
Call yourself the CTO and you're the CTO. Only a scammy company would make you pay to join them, keep looking for an entry level job half the day, half the day work on your own project. Good luck.
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#27What you're looking for isn't legal AFAIK, so you're probably not going to find any real business that would agree to it.
If a business treats someone like an employee, then they are an employee, regardless of what labels you each use or what agreements you may make. If you want to be treated like any other dev in the company, have tasks assigned to you, etc, then you are an employee. Unpaid interns, for example, can't have tasks that primarily benefit the employer assigned to them; they can't do employee work or they will be treated as an employee in the eyes of the law.
Employees have to be put on a regular payroll schedule, paid at least minimum wage, have payroll taxes filed and paid, be provided with health insurance if they're not exempt, etc. Failing to do so would be a violation of federal and state labor laws, regardless of whether you're OK with it or not.
In NYC specifically, if someone agreed to have you work at their business as a developer, and collected your "tuition" without putting you on payroll, they would end up owing at least $10,000 in fines plus 2x minimum wage for every hour you worked (actual plus liquidated damages), plus back taxes and interest, should anyone tip off the state or IRS about it.
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#28We as a society rely too heavily on resume / CV signals. Social media amplifies our dependence on this reliance.
The real innovators, the people who changed the world, were almost never optimizing for their resume.
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#29Have you contacted any recruiters? There are a ton of entry level jobs in NYC through a good recruiter. Ad agencies are always looking for new coders, try that if you want.
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#30I think you're far better off taking the classes. I was basically in your position 4 years ago, I had some coding skills but not enough to get my foot in the door anywhere. I chose to take a 2 year course (with a 6 months guaranteed internship) and it was invaluable for my career. You'll make connections to people who will soon also be working in the industry, you'll have time to develop your skills and build projects. I don't know how it works in the US, I know you don't get paid to study but maybe there's some free colleges/courses. You could look at alternatives to keep costs down and live on the money you have for a few months while you're focused on studying and networking.
If you don't want to go to school, get an internship but you should definitely not be paying since you're going to do valuable work even while learning on the job. Because the reality is that no devs actually have time to hold your hand, you will get a task and have to figure it out. They'll be able to point you in the right direction but don't expect much more than that.