Instead of an initial, I'd recommend putting an emoji in the first name. (And putting your last name as your full name). I've been able to filter out most "InMail/auto" when they say something along the lines of "Hi {emoji}."
I work for a religious university (so the pay is meh). I would say that it's the relaxed culture in IT (I can come in any time between 8-9), good benefits, and free classes.
You're supposed to use the free classes to work on your masters but I use it to take the "fun" classes you can't during a normal college run. And the boss is okay with it :D!
Thanks for the information. I'm trying to get a job once I finish these bootcamps. many people have advised me to not take some of the bootcamps because they focus more on the frontend (HTML, CSS, Node.js).
I learned of it here: https://www.glennstovall.com/the-wolf-test/