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Go back to school in debt or do sysadmin work? (pricefield.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like the post's title does not do this one justice, anyway, I recently graduated college with an associate's in computer programming, however, I honestly lack skills beyond very basic programming skills. I have ADHD and autism and have a ton of trouble self-teaching myself things, I managed to teach myself some intermediate skills in docker and general Linux system administration when I was younger and still use it today. I feel like getting a job as a sysadmin might make more sense but for some reason, I feel like on paper my resume would just hit the shredder.

I lack min wage work experience as I did not work in college and I kinda wonder if I have the work a min wage for like 2 years to get a normal job. and if I should get off HRT cause min wage jobs in the south don’t like trans people, and that it’s just gonna get banned anyway

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don’t have a whole lot of advice, but my student loans (had both public and private) didn’t require any payments while I was taking classes. I think I even had 6 months after graduation before I needed to start making payments.

I did hold a part time job just to reduce the amount I needed to borrow, but that just went to rent, food, car insurance, etc

The merit scholarships for a school in a blue state sound like a good idea worth pursuing. And look into women-in-STEM scholarships. There were a bunch of those available, at least 20 years ago when I was in school

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I looked around at private before and most require some level of repayment while in school, including interest repayments. Federal does not but I am limited since my parents don't want to cosign.