Two comments had a great back-and-forth on this post (”What would you tell the 30-year-old divorcee with 30k of debt?”):
Danielle: “Uhhh I’d tell them life isnt so bad. Im 23, attached and have 85k in school loans and I cant get a job more than 14 bucks an hour. Whats my advice?”
Boomer: “Danielle – Get [...]
I was checking out this forum post on the iwillteachyoutoberich forums and thought it was really interesting:
What do you do for a living?
“I’m a student. For making money, I do the following:
- Part-time as a web designer for my school’s student government. (5 hours/week)
- Work at my school’s book-store. (20-25 hr/week)
- Donate plasma. (6-8 hr/week)
- [...]
Because you’re no different than the other applicants.
Here’s how to stand out. Note: This doesn’t only apply to programmers. Everyone should have a portfolio.
I am in college, but have lots of free time, so I can work fulltime at a startup plus add in a lot of extra hours (I know how startups are) on [...]