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

  • skymtf@pricefield.orgOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a few options for going to college in a blue state, I graduated with honors so I feel like some merit scholarships could happen, but I feel like out of state “fees” is really what is killing that plan and ensuring I need student loans, which would also require a job since you usually need to make payments on the interest when it comes to private student loans as parent plus loans are not an option since neither of parents want to cosign

    • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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

      • skymtf@pricefield.orgOPEnglish
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        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.