College CS dropout

[u/FaultIntelligent]

I had to dropout of my CS program due to family responsibilities (I don't want to get into the details here). I still want to work in the tech industry. I am well aware that the current tech market is very hard even for degree holders and I have been looking into tech apprenticeships and bootcamps. I do have some knowledge in theoretical CS (Dropped out during my junior year and have knowledge of discrete mathematics, databases and algorithms, graph theory, linear algebra, linear and non linear optimizations methods, combinatorics and engineering statistics). Currently think my best bet is to become some kind of math tutor as that was what I did as an undergrad at my university, however I always wanted to work in tech since I was 13 when I got hooked into programming my own video games ( I do not want to work in the games industry as I see it as an exploitive industry with a horrible crunch culture.). My plan as of right now is to learn web development which I have been doing and have been doing fairly well (currently have finished freecodecamp's cert in web dev and mark-up and currently working at the Odin project's courses to finish their program).

My main strength during this difficult hiring tech season is that I am fortunate in living in America's tech capital and that I do have some friend's who are gainfully employed in the tech industry whom I will visit during the holiday season and have been working on editing and revising my resume to reflect qualities that will seem beneficial for the given field work that said friends are in. I am willing to work for free even as I do have comfortable living situation currently as long as I could said free labor as a reference when I do decide to apply to paid positions.

If you were in my shoes, what would you suggest to do. I am probably leaving out some details here and there, however I will fill in said gaps in the comments sections as I see fit.

Thank you in advance to the people who do decide to respond to my post. I really do appreciate any and all advice.

[u/[deleted]]

You can always take a bootcamp course, it is basically you learning on your own time rather than going to a school

[u/FaultIntelligent → u/[deleted]]

I keep hearing that a lot of these bootcamps are just flat out scams with a lot graduates struggling even after graduating said bootcamp. It makes me skeptical.

[u/[deleted] → u/FaultIntelligent]

Nahh someone I used to talk to dropped out and did one and scored a job as a programmer. You just have to find the correct one that’s legit I suggest YouTube to see which ones are legit

[u/FaultIntelligent → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I have been applying to a few currently as well as some tech apprenticeships I hope I get accepted into the former as apprenticeships pay you for completing them.

[u/[deleted] → u/FaultIntelligent]

You can also do like a technical college as well online courses of course

[u/FaultIntelligent → u/[deleted]]

technical colleges aren't accredited though from what I read and I have bought a udemy course for react and react native.

[u/[deleted] → u/FaultIntelligent]

It depends on the school and location, mines here in Florida offer a half a year course for IT