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by mcarthur_gill 2830 days ago
You should look into Lambda School (https://lambdaschool.com/). You don't have to pay anything up-front and instead agree to share a % of your income once you get a job over $50k. I have no insight into the stress levels of their students, but from everything I've heard about Lambda, it's incredible.

Disclosure: I am not affiliated with Lambda School at all, just really believe in what they're doing and the way they are doing it. @austenallred is the guy to speak with.
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FearNotDaniel 2830 days ago
No, no, no, no, no. The guy's barely functioning, clearly unable to keep his shit together, and your advising him to effectively get himself into debt and thus trap himself into a career he's not even sure he wants? I don't care if you're affiliated or not, I don't care how hipsterish and "disruptive" these Lambda people are, this is really, really terrible advice. There are plenty of ways to learn tech skills online without paying a penny, no need for anyone to start their career indebted to yet another start-up that exists to profit from the gullible and desperate.
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stockkid 2830 days ago
Knowledge is free. There are many other ways to improve programming skills other than being indebted to some for-profit company.
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