Hey Jow Forums, long time lurker here. I've been feeling pretty down recently in my life, just very unhappy where I am and want to improve
>27 >only associates degree in Liberal Studies >live at home >only debt right now is 17k car note >bills are insurance, $200 rent >make ~45-50k but absolutely hate my job >~12.5k in USD savings, ~4k TRX coins, ~23K in 401k >qt3.14 gf but she does not make much $$
I feel worthless and just want to check out of this gay earth. I am thinking about returning to school in the fall of 2019 and getting a bachelors degree but am hesitant because of the amount of $$ it will cost. I am not a tradie, tried that world and hated it.
How fucked am I? What should I do to improve my financial future? Any suggestions career wise?
>27, well 28 next month >work minimum wage, data entry job >have only $600 in my bank account >lost 3k in crypto, which is all my life saving in 2018 >live in a third world country > never had a gf, kissless and hugless virgin
sometimes I wonder why I still live to this day. my shitcoin won't recover and I can't learn new skill to get better job.
Christopher James
which coins do you hold?
in which nation do you live? why can't you learn new skills? do you not know which to learn or you are unable to learn?
Sebastian Ward
I hold aion, iota, and eth somewhere in south east asia is where I live why couldn't I learn new skill? It's because I've been lazy in my early 20s and procrastinating. I feel comfortable with my condition because people around me have the same or worse condition than me, at least financially so for the longest time, I got no motivation to improve myself. by the time I got spare time and motivation to start learning things like coding, my head always hurt and make me wanna puke. my progress so far is minimum compared to my colleagues who are taking the same course as me. I haven't given up yet but I feel like I got no potential to make it big, both career wise and financially.
Owen Reed
I spend too much time on Jow Forums and fear I have taken the blackpill. It is difficult to be motivated about a future that you think will not exist in 30 years
Connor Carter
I'm zillionaire.
Lincoln Reed
Same here. Will be 28 this year and my life is so dull. Want to go back to school but have no idea what I should do. Maybe Finance. Or Economics. I've never achieved anything in life, and crypto is just cope for a lack of fulfillment. I wish I could figure out a path forward.
Owen Reyes
That is what I was thinking. Perhaps a major in political science with a minor in econ, finance, accounting, or business management
Aiden Williams
That sounds neat. I guess I need to figure out what I do before getting a degree, so that I'm not just stuck with an expensive piece of paper. I just don't know what it is I want to do, I've never been driven or had a clear, singular focus, everything feels abstract and limiting.
Parker Rogers
Study AI on your own. Build a classifier for MNIST then start reading about meta learning, unsupervised learning. Or just jump into style gan. You don't need permission and there is so much opportunity here..
Jaxon Butler
Man, I feel like I'm talking to me haha I am a hard worker and have potential, I just don't know how to focus it. What type of work do you do now?
Noah White
Is this what you do? Any resources you could direct me to?
Elijah Brooks
>Has a job above minimum wage >has over 10K in savings + crypto and retirement money >has a gf >has a car
Is this bait? I'd be the happiest man on earth if I was you OP.
Yes we need help. AI is going to start eating the world and you can easily get rich. More importantly, you can find purpose. see.stanford.edu/course/cs229 Start here. Read and more importantly, build. deeploarningbook.org Don't be afraid of the math or any of the subject matter. It is all googleable and just takes time and effort.
Sebastian Green
>What type of work do you do now?
Boring government job that allows me to shitpost all day.
Chase Ward
I'm really bad at math/programming, this looks like jumping in the deep end.
Zachary King
You will be bad at math/programming until you train at it. You can't expect to be an amazing runner without first doing poorly at a few half marathons.
Andrew Cook
So where should I begin if I want to get into AI field? What are the foundations?
Connor Roberts
What is your situation looking like? I am here to seek help but am also more than willing to help if I can.
Did you do any formal schooling? I have almost no tech or math background, am I way behind the curve?
A friend told me to work for the government like he does but he doesn't really have any aspirations and is fine sitting behind a desk doing menial tasks for average money on the government tit indefinitely. I know you said you feel your life is dull, does work just massively contribute to that?
Joshua Perry
>I know you said you feel your life is dull, does work just massively contribute to that?
Yes, I sit behind a desk doing menial tasks for $40k a year. It's insanely average and I've been here too long and would also like to make more money as I approach my 30s. I feel way behind.
Dominic Richardson
Every day you study is one day less that you are behind. The foundations are math and computer science. You don't need to be good at either. Just hack on shit until something starts to make sense. Learn what you don't know then learn that. Repeat. Yes I have a comp sci degree from a decade ago. You don't need one. Jump into the deep end and learn to swim. You will start by drowning just keep swimming and you will be fine. Treat it like learning an instrument.
Blake Thompson
Will taking formal education to achieve degrees help me or will I be okay if I get a bachelors degree in an "easy" field so I have it on my resume and learn independently? I have several friends who work in computer science related fields.
If I return to school I want to do it as cheaply and as quickly as possible to avoid being saddled with massive debt. Jumping back in to get computer science degree or a degree in a maths field will take me 4+ years and ~6 figures of debt as I would need to start entirely over and existing college credits will be useless.
Did you go to college? If so, what for?
Lucas Gutierrez
Reach out to them and see if they have any work that doesn't require a degree. Read a book on QA is a good way to get a foot in the door. The work is a bit boring but boredom is a small price to pay. Noone gives a shit about your degree, or lack of one, in the field. They only care if you are competent. You should learn independently regardless. Many of my comp sci peers could not program, at all.
Jacob Price
>Did you go to college? If so, what for?
Dropped out because I was getting bad grades and had no plan. Figured I'd stop wasting money.
Oliver Reed
This gives me hope. I was okay at algebra and calculus when I was younger but was shit and trig and figured math was not for me and started gravitating towards "social science" type classes. Perhaps now that I am older and more serious I could approach it differently and do better.
Any books you can recommend or will any book on the topic be enough to start?
That is similar to what I did. I did my first two years at a local community college to get gen eds out of the way with the hope I'd stumble onto something I may enjoy and then transfer out to a "better" school to slap on my bachelors. Never found anything, my job was okay so I figured "I'll work now and figure it out." Fast forward 6 years and here I am. Luckily, I paid for school in cash as I went as I had an in-county discount and it was not expensive when I broke it into a payment plan. Was making enough at my PT job and living at home so I was able to avoid the debt at that time.
Christopher Hall
trig is hardly used. algebra is most used. My only advice is to build something. Always have a goal. Could be making a video game with dynamic portraits or unique AI. Could be a website plugin for sale on wordpress or a kin app or eos dapp. What really matters is that you are driving yourself towards a goal. That will keep you coming back and let you learn to navigate your creative intelligence.
Julian Peterson
I will consume education first. When I say I am starting at ground zero I mean it. I have absolutely no background. Bad because I know nothing, good because I have no bad habits to break.
Nicholas Edwards
This. Some people in Africa literally eat bugs. Now kys
Christopher Scott
Sell car, buy reliable used car for 3k Quit job, find low stress job you like, the pay doesn't matter
There, life fixed
Jacob Ross
I drive a lot for work (like 500 miles a week) so I put on miles very quickly. A reliable used car would get BTFO within a few months due to the miles I put on.
Tyler King
become an elementary school teacher OP
easy as fuck as a guy to get a job.
june july august off to live like a neet play video games all summer and basically be a kid again.but actually you dont just play video games as an adult you start to find other hobbies like listening to birds chirp and shit
im gonna stop talking now im
Carson Cox
Do you teach?
Sebastian Kelly
lmao i have a 1989 Mercedes 190
most comfortable car ever, just took it to new mexico and back to california, 12 hour drive. one way.
only repairs in the last few years was a ignition control module that left me stranded on the freeway. 380 bucks at mechanic.
i paid 1,000 for it.
Noah Bailey
How many miles are on it so far?
Isaac Wood
the ododmeter stopped working at 278,000 miles it has been like that for years.
Mason Stewart
I'm not much of a car guy so forgive my ignorance. Do you do a lot of preventative maintenance?
