Advice for Starting IT Career

Are you just picking coding for the money OP or do you have a genuine interest in computers/maths/problem solving?

EDIT: ignore that question. I can see you've answered it above.

Yep, you've been unlucky in your timing leaving college. You mentioned being on anti-depressants in a previous post so I think WrenBoy is right: you're viewing the world through the lens of your depression.

An alternate take on your situation: despite entering the workforce in a recession you've managed to stay gainfully employed in the workforce through both it and a global pandemic gaining experience and upskilling in the area of your qualification. You're currently working for one of the biggest companies on the planet and while the pay is less than you'd like, you're not only gaining more relevant experience there, you also now have a prestige role on your CV for your next career move.

Bad luck has left you starting the "race" of life behind the start line but you've got yourself into it now. Stick with Meta for a couple of years, grab any opportunity for advancement or additional training that they'll pay for you can and you'll be in a far better position in another year or two. Life isn't easy, there are very few quick wins unless you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Give yourself a break, take pride in your accomplishments to date and keep plugging away at it. You'll get the property you so want so badly eventually. You're comparing your life to those of people who had different starts in the workforce and luckier timing. There are sweet **** all 30 year old single people that own their own home in the Dublin area. Most of my own friends and peers who bought in or around the capital did so in their mid to late thirties tbh. Work hard, save what you can and try to enjoy life.

No, but there are a lot of scam ones. I said I thought it was a scam when she told me she was doing it. But, as I said, she ended up about a year later on over 100k (in her second role....not sure how much her first was ... I think it might have only been 70 or 80k) but that 100k was for living as a "digital nomad" in various countries. Not trying to rent a place in NY or SF.

There are very few career's that you will own your home within three years from finishing your tiertry education, especially in a city.

You were earning 40k up to very recently, that's not bad, and you know it is achievable. Keep focusing on your current career and climbing that ladder. Meta is a huge company and you can certainly cross train in there and look for internal opportunities for growth. Flitting around from one thing to the next makes you look flightly.

IT professionals who make big bucks are clever clever people with a talent for it and who work their arses off. It takes dedication and commitment. Sarah from up the road with the new shiny IT job from a boot camp is probably not some dumbass who won the salary lottery, but a very sharp well-organised mathematical minded human being who produces clear well commented, good quality code that solves a business problem.

Lad, chill, find a girlfriend or boyfriend, enjoy your youth. Have fun and the two of you can have dogs or babies or house plants and pool your salaries to buy something in a few years.

The 'measure of becoming an adult' in any society is maturity, not owning a house in Dublin city, but not Mullingar because, god forbid, it's too far from Dublin (Canada is totally fine though!?!).

You are quite literally the only poster in your numerous threads on this same topic to insist that you must conform to the mythical ideal you described above. The only person making you an outsider is you.

What happened to your plan to get a HGV licence? You could really go places with a HGV licence.

I'm supporting your right to let oul' fellas bum you. Your gender is not specified. Bumming is an equal opportunity pastime.

And no, I never look down on people because of their salary. That would not be in my nature at all. Now if they went to UCD, that might be a different matter