u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I don't know if they are having it again this year but this is something to consider if you are making under $50K a year and live in the five buroughts: [https://www.codesmith.io/future-code](https://www.codesmith.io/future-code) But even in that program you have to 42.5 hours a week online (remote but it's very intense) and they suggest not having a full time job outside of that because of after hours work.
I also have been monitoring the placements because their heavily measured on people getting jobs and based on LinkedIn a see a handful of placements from the first cohort a year ago.
So it's worth looking into for sure but zooming out, even with all of that support it's insanely hard to make the transition right now.
My personal advice would be to learn as much programming as you can and then try to get an adjacent tech job, like customer support at a tech company - leveraging your Uber driving experience dealing with customers and your tech skills to stand out from others.
If you want to look for something free, look at 100Devs community. Not many people who start make it all the way through BUT it's a solid FREE community to get started with and wouldn't hurt.
Finally, watch out for anyone selling something or trying to five you false hope... "dude I did X and I got a job, it's possible if you hustle".