IT is the way 
This Is How Much Engineers Make at Airbnb, Uber and Snapchat
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You can always switch. Take the time to learn a language and have a couple projects and a github. You're engineering degree would just prove your capable or whatever and the github will show you're a developerI regret going mechanical engineering everyday b
I got tons of respect for high level coders. I originally went to college for that but when I saw everyone in that major were basically slaves to their computer day and night and throughout the weekend I knew that shyt wasn't for me. Still had to take some entry level Java and C++ coding for my new major and that shyt enraged me. Being up all night trying to fix an error caused by a random misplaced bracket is not the business. Only blessing is that the professor had it set up where you could see what your grade would be depending on how you did on your final project. I saw that if I got a zero on the final project I would get a C and if I got a 100 I would get a B. I basically submitted a blank file with my name on it and went out drinking with friends.
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When I see shyt like this, I get motivated to study. For that much money, fukk starting my own business.
There's money in it for sure, but like most STEM majors, it's not for everybody. 
That depends on your rate of learning, interest in the material, level of discipline and persistence. You can learn how to code in relatively no time, but being proficient/being able to think like a programmer is another matter. There is more to software development than coding.
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O.T.I.S.
The Monk & The Mercenary
Yeah getting those intermediate certs is where its at
But im actually quitting my job tomorrow. I literally just worked 2 weeks straight and fukked some shyt up by falling asleep for an hour. I was working non stop, 12 hour days in front of computers, and now they want me to commute there 5 days a week as well which is over an hour both ways.
I basically said fukk it. Im at the hostpital now because I had a huge fukking panic attack at work. shyt was overwelming
But im actually quitting my job tomorrow. I literally just worked 2 weeks straight and fukked some shyt up by falling asleep for an hour. I was working non stop, 12 hour days in front of computers, and now they want me to commute there 5 days a week as well which is over an hour both ways.
I basically said fukk it. Im at the hostpital now because I had a huge fukking panic attack at work. shyt was overwelming
You could be a "junior developer" with three months of solid growth in 2-3 languages.
Get about a solid year's experience, and work on your own portfolio and you could easily get hired somewhere starting around 70-80k.
The top tech jobs are held by students with 5+ years experience or CS/EE degrees from Stanford, CIT, Berkeley, UWashington, MIT, etc. My school sends a guy or two to Google every year.
MrPentatonic
Superstar
When I see shyt like this, I get motivated to study. For that much money, fukk starting my own business.
Loool naw man that's exactly what they want you to think so they can keep you there.
You know many of these dudes leave these high paid jobs at the big money tech startups and go on to start their own lol
Everybody knows its better have ownership in a company than just to work for one.
MrPentatonic
Superstar
fukk man, I'm pushing 30, a nikka don't have 5 years to spare
Yes you do, unless you terminally ill. You sound like you don't really want it, you just kind of want it lol
desjardins
Veteran
Only do this shyt if you genuinely are interested. Doing it for the money won't get you anywhere because you have to put so much time into keeping your skills up and that's after the YEARS it takes to be good. Like someone said you learn on the job for the most part.
I've been doing this for a decade now and I have a CHECKLIST of books I want to read and courses I want to take soon (trying to decide if I want to learn scala or kotlin for functional programming). You have to continually teach yourself in this industry. It's Sunday I'm off but I'm going to spend at least half of today reviewing some stuff in my jobs code base for a video chat I have with my company's innovation lab 2 weeks from now. Basically you have to be on your shyt and really enjoy the job to have any kind of success
I've been doing this for a decade now and I have a CHECKLIST of books I want to read and courses I want to take soon (trying to decide if I want to learn scala or kotlin for functional programming). You have to continually teach yourself in this industry. It's Sunday I'm off but I'm going to spend at least half of today reviewing some stuff in my jobs code base for a video chat I have with my company's innovation lab 2 weeks from now. Basically you have to be on your shyt and really enjoy the job to have any kind of success
I can focus on starting my shyt *after* cashing out, not before. The biggest resources are connections, and you don't get that out on the street.Startup money>>>>>>>>>>