Man I never told this story.
Summer 2014, I was 24, about 100k in debt, was a college drop out, no job, and back at my parents crib in NJ.
In early 2015, I got a job for a big bank as a senior developer in NC making 75k a year.
The story is so wild. I taught myself how to program with java and c#. That took me till late 2014.
At that point I created a fake resume with 5 years of experience and started job hunting.
Finally got hired in March.
Man I cant begin to explain how funny some of those first few interviews were. Here I am in interviews, a supposed developer with 5 years of experience and cant answer the most basic questions.
With each interview though I took notes, got better, got a job on my 12th interview.
The only issue was that the job was in NC.
So I was getting ready to walk into a job where I was expected to perform at a senior level, in a state I never been in and knew no one.
So I packed up and left Jersey 2 days before what was supposed to be my first day with nothing but the clothes on my back and a G from my pops to buy work clothes with once I got to NC.
Shit was wild. Left my fam behind, kissed my girl and dipped.
Stopped by my pops on the way out, he saw me looking shook and told me to stop thinking and gtfoh.
9 hour drive to NC, almost broke down and turned back a bunch of times.
Finally got to NC, found a cheap motel and went to sleep shook.
Next day, went shopping and bought some shirts and pants.
And the next day, went in for my first day. Man I sweating, quiet as a mouse. Shit was wild.
First few weeks I was shook everyday that I would lose the job. I was able to keep it too and been killing it since.
Shit would make a funny ass movie.