I'm probably considered one of these 'men who doesn't work'.
I finished my Bachelor's in Spring 2009 in finance, right after the collapse and took the first shitty job I could find. After a couple more finance related positions, I decided I needed to be doing something different and started teaching myself CS, Math, Stats.
I built a few moderately successful iPhone apps, enrolled in Harvard Extension's distance courses. The past couple years have been me teaching myself, taking distance courses, and doing contract work now and then.
I'm a decent programmer and built some pretty cool things.
I'm in the Bay Area (East Bay) and live in a crappy apartment and burning through what is left of my savings. I don't have a job. I don't have contract work. I don't have friends that work in the industry and grew up fairly poor.
Not asking for a 'pity-party', I guess I'm not sure what the next step is and feel disillusioned and paralyzed. I've never had a real job in Tech, I don't have credentials and not sure where to get started.
I finished my Bachelor's in Spring 2009 in finance, right after the collapse and took the first shitty job I could find. After a couple more finance related positions, I decided I needed to be doing something different and started teaching myself CS, Math, Stats.
I built a few moderately successful iPhone apps, enrolled in Harvard Extension's distance courses. The past couple years have been me teaching myself, taking distance courses, and doing contract work now and then.
I'm a decent programmer and built some pretty cool things.
I'm in the Bay Area (East Bay) and live in a crappy apartment and burning through what is left of my savings. I don't have a job. I don't have contract work. I don't have friends that work in the industry and grew up fairly poor.
Not asking for a 'pity-party', I guess I'm not sure what the next step is and feel disillusioned and paralyzed. I've never had a real job in Tech, I don't have credentials and not sure where to get started.