Advice for Starting IT Career

33 hours of an Introduction to Programming course is extremely unlikely to land you a 60k role inside 2 years unless you have a real talent for coding and/or have other experience. Starting positions for those with a 3 year IT degrees tend to be in support / QA roles and are still in the mid to high twenties starting off in most places which a decent worker will get up into the 40s in 2/3 years. The 60k graduate roles you hear about on social media are few and far between and are the preserve of exceptional performers who will not only likely have a 3/4 year degree (or even a masters), they'll also likely have published projects of their own on github and the likes, contributed heavily to open-source projects or have gained relevant experience over the course of their degree (perhaps via an intern placement turning into a part-time role).

Most likely the country you go to will have a housing crisis in their cities as well. And will have a tradition of renting rather than buying homes. That is becoming more prevalent in Dublin as well.

The majority of tech roles start in the 30s or even high 20s. Most people with a programming degree do not work in programming and they are not even vaguely suitable as training for most actual tech roles.

A 60k programming role would be for a 4 year degree and experience; not a Java diploma from a private college.

Bugger all 30 year olds own one on their own these days.

youll still be on them if ya manage to last in IT if you think you'll make a quick buck!

Stop listening to your siblings (who are vastly older than you and were your age in massively different economic and social environments)

A get-rich-quick scheme by changing careers is even less likely than one that relies on winning the Lotto.

I don't think there are any industries where you can go from no experience and training to earning 55K in 3 years.

Your last two sentences are your problem here.

I'm working in IT for over 15 years after doing a Business degree and a H Dip in Systems Analysis and wouldn't earn much more than your posited 60k, tbh, it's a little over 70k. (I did earn 6 figures for a period of contracting in London after a redundancy when I had about 7 years experience but with a young family at the time it really didn't suit my lifestyle so I came home to a lower paying permanent role).

Even with a fairly decent career in IT, I was 36 before I "owned" my own home (in reality, I'll be in my mid 60's by the time the mortgage is cleared and I'll actually own it and I'm in one of the cheapest parts of North County Dublin). If I'd have had your mindset, I'd have felt like a loser for years. Your expectations are simply too high for the times we live in. Most people buying homes are doing so as a dual income couple and your earnings are perfectly in line with that.

It's not the 1980's any more, houses aren't as cheap and a single salary is extremely difficult to raise a family on (trust me, I've been doing it for over a decade and it's meant that while I eventually managed to buy a house, I have no pension or savings whatsoever). Houses also aren't as cold, draughty or as expensive to heat either though and you won't have to sacrifice your first born if someone leaves the immersion on so comparing house prices now to what they were like back then isn't a very valid comparison.

Cut yourself some slack. Keep putting the effort in at work, look for better opportunities if they're under-paying you for your experience level, spend some time on your interests and try to find one that keeps you fit and healthy, give the dating apps a go or if that's not your thing get out to things that interest you and talk to people at them. Instead of comparing your life to that of those who've been more fortunate or successful, compare it to that of yourself a year ago: are you fitter, healthier, happier and wealthier than you were then? If yes, great! If not, figure out why not and work at that.

In the US they have this "bootcamp" concept. Literally a couple of months of classes

I knew a girl with no technical or IT background at all from her education who went to do one. I thought it was a scam but she did it and would be on well over $100k remote working now.

Basically the deal was that they'd train her but get a percentage of her wages for the next few years .............. but that was even if she went and worked in something completely unrelated

Nobody gives a crap about the DBA's, 😋 Export this DDL. Import that DDL. Change Jimmy's role. Who gives a sh1t except when they need you for something

They just stick you guys in the basement. Probably for good reason.😋

I was skeptical when she went but she can do all that Frontend and UI/UX stuff that I'd know nothing about

Basement is better than being offshored to India I suppose!

I think it is well paid in the US though!