Some people have no choice. In NYC, basement apartments are the only units you can find for under $1000/month. If you're an immigrant new to the US, if you're trying to find your footing after a tragedy, or if you're a new graduate looking for your first job after school-- it works as a (hopefully temporary) solution.
Lived in a basement apartment as a child for a decade. I came out fine. But yes, would certainly not recommend if there are alternatives.
It's not a realistic option for many living paycheck to paycheck. Hunting for a job in other cities is potentially expensive when in person interviews are required - most employers will not pay travel costs (let alone relocation expenses), and there's the opportunity cost of hours not worked at a current job. Many employers engage in resume discrimination where resumes with anything but local phone numbers or addresses get thrown out. Even if you do land a gig elsewhere, the costs of locating a new place to live, of moving, of potentially breaking a lease...are all above what many in the working class can reasonably afford. And all of the above becomes more complicated if partners and/or children are involved.
Also, people don't exist in a vaccuum. Many are grounded in certain places because of familial obligations. Others - particularly recent immigrants in places like NYC - are tied to a local ethnic or expatriate community that they rely on for social and emotional support.
Have noticed this as well. It’s important to step back and look at longer term figures (either monthly or quarterly revenue, for instance). If you check your numbers daily, you’ll drive yourself crazy. Similar I imagine, to how newbie day traders feel, obsessing over fluctuating numbers.
When I was first introduced to data structures, I want something that I could briefly go through before interviews. I also wanted a sandbox to play with code, preferably in JS (my preferred language). This achieves both and hopefully serves as a great pre-interview refresher, perhaps on your phone right before you walk in :-)
Very cool! This is a feature I've partially added to AlgoDaily[1], but your implementation is a much more clean and intuitive IMO.
I assume this works the same as pythontutor.com by executing a code snippet through a debugger and playing back the execution trace. Is each code snippet custom created, or do you have a tool that generates these visuals?
I somewhat agree. I've written about this before, but working on AlgoDaily[1] has helped me develop an amazing amount as a software engineer and entrepreneur. I've gotten to work with tech that I don't get to play with at work, learned what really makes a business tick, and have been able to network with many amazing people.
At the same time, there's been days that I've had to step back and reflect on the time spent in front of a computer, when I could've been traveling or partying like many peers.
It also can be a ton of work on top of your regular job.
I love this, though I'd be curious to know how often developers without degrees will actually get hired (versus those with degrees).
Some really quick feedback: I think multi-tag search is a must. As an example, I typed "nyc js" and got nothing, despite there very much being plenty of jobs in NYC with JS requirements.
Experience of the dozens of devs I know with no degree is that if you can manage to get 3 years of experience under your belt you're golden.
That's not to say there aren't doors that are closed to you, but by and large the industry just doesn't care.
The better you are, the truer this becomes. I know a highschool dropout I'd consider at least a 95th percentile developer, he turns down offers for work on a regular basis.
Hey, thanks for the nice comment - glad you love it! It's a good question but really there are lots of devs doing great now that do not have degrees. I dunno if it's ok to link here but if you check my other site https://www.nocsdegree.com there are lots of successful people there.
Yeah, that's a good point about the filter! Will change that :)
Thank you! Do you have any resources that help understand what Google (FANG companies in general) mean when they ask candidates about their ability to "deal with ambiguity"?
Hi, I'm co-founder of Elk Invest. Thanks for the comment. As we tried to make the same content (interactive tutorial) for both mobile and desktop we had to compromise on the size of slide box and therefore half of page on desktop is used for subscription. We plan to use the subscription area on desktop for tracking progress through the tutorials and other helpful links so the subscription box will be temporary.
Lived in a basement apartment as a child for a decade. I came out fine. But yes, would certainly not recommend if there are alternatives.