Jealous of the ladyboys brah?
I also saw NickyCakes once.
What the hell ever happened to that guy?
Jealous of the ladyboys brah?
I also saw NickyCakes once.
I totally agree that if I want to be able to build a basic website in Ruby as fast as possible, it's easily worth $12500 to get it done ASAP. But I don't care if it takes a bit longer.
I think you're fucking nuts. Why would you piss off your savings and move to ***? That will leave you broke and distracted. You can learn ROR right in your moms basement. The best way to learn is to work on a project. Do you even html/CSS bro? ROR is nothing but a glorified website framework.
If you want to go piss off your savings on a vacation go and do it. Just don't kid yourself about the reasons.
Why Ruby?
I'm not a programmer, so this isn't a language X vs language Y thing, I'm just curious if you have a specific reason that you want to start with Ruby since you have zero programming experience.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but do you at least know what type of development you want to do? Do you plan to make mobile apps, build websites, write software that runs on embedded systems, something else - or did you just decide you want to learn to code and randomly picked Ruby?
Well it's official. Every internet marketer on the planet is moving to Thailand. It sure seems that way because there's at least one thread about it in STS daily.
Is there some sort of commune or hostel down there in Phuket where all the IM'ers migrate to? Are you planning on making the swim over to the secret island with massive marijuana fields and the awesome beach? Just curious.
If you really want to go abroad to do this... I get by on >200 usd where I live. Granted, I don't have to pay for insurance and probably some other fees, as well as pay for a full blown apartment/room as I live in the dorms. So it would probably be more like 400 usd for you. That's still way more than enough to get by for 9 months.
Not nearly as exotic of a place as SEA though lol
Not to point out the obvious, but... you have $12,500? You're hoping that is going to cover your flights and cost of living for 12 months, while you explore SE Asia and gain a great life experience?
Dude, you're most likely going to blow through that bank roll in 2 months.
I don't see how I would blow through 6K per month in one of the cheapest regions of the world.
Have I somewhere indicated a drug and hooker addiction and a propensity to rent jetskis every day and then forgotten I wrote it?
I don't see how I would blow through 6K per month in one of the cheapest regions of the world.
Have I somewhere indicated a drug and hooker addiction and a propensity to rent jetskis every day and then forgotten I wrote it?
If you really want to go abroad to do this... I get by on >200 usd where I live. Granted, I don't have to pay for insurance and probably some other fees, as well as pay for a full blown apartment/room as I live in the dorms. So it would probably be more like 400 usd for you. That's still way more than enough to get by for 9 months.
Not nearly as exotic of a place as SEA though lol
you are in the wrong place. ask reddit
Not to point out the obvious, but... you have $12,500? You're hoping that is going to cover your flights and cost of living for 12 months, while you explore SE Asia and gain a great life experience?
Dude, you're most likely going to blow through that bank roll in 2 months.
I don't know about Asia but Eastern Europe will be challenging. $12,500 for a whole year gives you about $1000 a month. That's very small money but, you can live here with that easily... if you turn into monk mode (a lot of famillies here that existing on $500 a month!). More than half of this money will go for the rent (small studio and I'm telling you honestly equipment will be poor). Another $100 a month (at least!) for internet connection and energy bills. Another $200 for food if you know how to feed yourself properly on that budget. You can do this but, it's gonna be all the time on the red line (meaning you eat just basic food to cover all your nutritional and energetic needs, no fancy stuff... Food here is more expensive than in UK for example, unless of course you can find food that is cheaper... That's possible outside of bigger towns - but you will spend a lot of time and some money on delivering by yourself).Question for those who can code..
I'd like to learn Ruby, or at least Ruby/Rails to begin with. I cannot code right now, period. No prior computer science knowledge.
I saw a place like LaunchAcademy charge $12,500 for a RoR course lasting less than 3 months. I'm sure it's an awesome course with great instructors and they help with job placement. But I wouldn't want a 9-5 job right after graduating anyway.
So here's the idea that struck me- I could take $12,500 and basically cover living expenses for a whole year in southeast asia or eastern europe.
I'm guessing (and this is where I wanted opinions) that there's a huge open source Ruby community that I could learn a lot from, and I think in a year of learning on my own, I'd gain equivalent knowledge to the 2-3 month intensive course.
Is this reasonable if I'm intelligent/analytical, and motivated enough to stick with it 5 days/week?
I'm eager to hear any thoughts on this. I'd much rather spend the cash on a year of living in paradise than 2 months of grinding hard in NYC or Boston or something. I'd work hard as fuk. I'm not lazy. I just think it'd be a really neat experience to do it on my own and combine it with a living experience. Could even blog about it, etc.
I won't bump this thread anymore. I just wanted to say TY to all the info I got.
I got carried away in my previous responses and ended up being defensive, arguing about the life choices I was discussing, when I really made the thread to discuss learning to program. I probably should have left out the location details. But I got some great advice so I guess I'm glad I mentioned it.
Anyway, I plan on taking 2 online computer science courses thru Stanford for free, and then learning some HTML/CSS, and then hopefully moving into Ruby. Should be a fun adventure. I do understand the importance of a strong fundamental knowledge of computer science, rather than just learning a specific language or stack.
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