$28/hr + Potential > dead-end job. Too bad most men can't get past the ego part to realize this.

 

You live in the DMV and never considered working for your Uncle Sam?
Feds have good health benefits, job stability and annual pay raises. If you can get hooked as a contractor it's even better. This girl who sits across from me [Java Developer] gets paid like $100-200 per hour to basically come in late, read books and create simple programs that we're still learning how to do.

Check out www.USAJobs.gov

 

... Is she independent?

 

She's Indian and I don't think their culture is down with race mixin'....

 

I meant an independent contractor. But yes, most indians are not down with mixing.

 

D'oh! Sorry, no she works for a company.

 

Girl that makes $200/hr ain't gonna want no scrub, so i hope you are ballin.

 

LOL I have friends that spent 7 years to get their undergrad degree in computer science/computer engineering and ended up with like a 2.2 GPA. Personally I did exactly what you described. I worked full time as a software tester for a pretty reputable company while I was going to school part time for like my last 2 years. It was tough as hell but it sure paid off. They covered most of my tuition btw.

 

Dude trust me, she ain't exactly on the Aishwarya Rai [or even the Priya Rai] scale so I doubt you'd want pics?

 

You must be talking about Steven, haha, jk. He's a cool guy. And its awesome to hear that you survived. Its ridiculously hard to work full time while learning how to code (the traditional way at least).

 

I'm trying to learn java, javascript, SQL and Dreamweaver Cs4 and it's killing me...

 

Tell me you didn't just pull the mommy/daddy card.

 

haha, oops, I meant Steven Le.

 

Who LEARNS dreamweaver? You program in it :P

 

 

We were using an ancient version of DW3 just up until a few months ago. CS4 has alot of new bells and whistles. Plus I got a crash course in html and rarely went into the actual code to make changes. I kept it in 'design view' and created pages the lazy way. I know how to use it, but the newer version also lets you work with CSS [never really used them before either].

 

Damn man. Dreamweaver is like web-coder heaven. I'm in it almost everyday coding PHP, JavaScript, CFML, HTML, CSS,...yea. You'll find that coding is so much better for web stuff.

 

^ Sounds like a bunch of noob programmer talking to each other

 

^Sounds like some dude about to go to jail for stealing cable boxes....

 

yea plenty, da-umn!!! i wasnt expecting this thread to blow up and so fast! alot to read through. Thanks guys for all your input. I like the whole business/ advertising thing. Mechanics all make different money. Really it depends where you work and how much work you can get in. After working at Lexus I would'nt settle for less. Another reason why I am thinking about this. At lexus, just becoming a tech you start at $50k a year. The range right now is from $50k-$120k, but thats because theirs alot of work coming in. Techs are based off of the job they do. Say a transmission job pays 14 hours, yet it only takes you 4 hours to do it. You still get paid for 14 hours worth a work. so you just made 14 hours in that 4 hour time period. I appreciate everyones input. I think I'm going to look into drafting/ cad, accounting, advertising, something along them lines.