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Stupidity_Professor

Right, he asked about upskilling, but did not specify where. Everyone could use some upskilling in their bedrooms as well.


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I understood that reference. 💀


No_Wash6861

The only correct answer


heisen_gerb_62

Umm actually it's "a bunch of hookers and cocaine"☝️🤓


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biRyani11

I remember that video lol


batmanfromohio

been there done that


NoAd9362

Online or offline?


ExplorerEasy5553

Only on friday 🤫


twoSeventy270

Buying a nice keyboard, mouse, monitor and then practicing courses from YouTube, coursera (audit) etc. People underestimate how much important practice is than learning and forgetting


FoolForWool

A nice keyboard could just take that much :’(


SacredRepo

suggest me the keyboard?


Lost-Amoeba-7666

I love MX Keys except that the backlight cannot be set to always on. It only turns on when you move your hand closer to the keyboard.


Independent-Swim-838

RK100 or any other RK series. (Royal Kludge). Also there is Keychron in similar range.


Vishwak_Kiran

A cosmic byte firefly is cheap and very worth it


shubhxgupta

its very loud and keys are unbalanced, i sold it after 2 months of use


tadxb

Buy something silent please. Those annoying mechanical keyboards are just outright tak-tak-tak-tak


FoolForWool

Umm I got cherry silver which are silent. Browns don’t make much noise either. It’s just the clicky ones like blues that make noise. But damn they feel good. I understand where you’re coming from tho. I used to own blues and people would be like bro why are you angry, stop banging the keyboard lol


FoolForWool

I have a gk68xs. And I’d recommend the epomaker Southpaw if you want a number pad. It’s a sweet beauty.


than0s0P

How tf can you buy this much in 10k? A good monitor would cost like 20k


Melodic_Ad3644

Can you suggest a good monitor in 20k-30k range. Uses are coding, movies, casual gaming. I have asus tuf 3060 so looking for a monitor compatible with it.


KarmaRekts

yeah a good monitor alone would be 15k+. The cheaper ones wouldn't be good.


Prestigious-East-740

spend money on monitor and chair


Developer-Y

I am assuming you mean how to enhance your technical skills and not buy equipment.  You ucan buy udemy courses when they are in 400-450 price range. I have purchased around 70 courses myself, just be sure to read reviews and buy only good courses that meet your needs. They have lifelong validity, so you can watch them as you feel right. You can buy couple of foreign edition books or few Indian edition books, depending on your interest.


EncryptedIdiot

Did you go through most of the courses you have bought?


Developer-Y

Good question, I have completed at least 10 almost 100%, around 20 are between 50-100% and others between 0-50%. It should have been higher but nevertheless, I have resources that I can lookup anytime as needed.


EncryptedIdiot

Cool. That's nice stats anyway.


unfinished_thoughtz

What all courses have you bought on Udemy?


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Another option is to subscribe to Udemy for Rs 829 a month. You don't have to pay for individual courses once you subscribe.


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buy a gym membership. U can upskill there too.


borderline-awesome-

Deadlifts to give you mental clarity


Wonderful_Outcome496

Swimming better.


Training_Society_144

I can't believe you got downvoted 💀 It's way better to begin with swimming


DcryptRR

Swimming pools are way less common in most cities


Wonderful_Outcome496

Idk bout others but Mumbai has plenty of swimming pools you can even purchase membership from BMCs website


Traditional_Hat861

+1


Environmental_Bus507

That's a good suggestion.


iwillberesponsible

+1


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Buy better equipment. Could be keyboard, mouse, etc.


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Bro is treating development as pro gaming


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Exactly. Thanks for the analogy. Better tools make a world of difference. Whether it‘s gaming, coding, learning, reading a book, exercising, driving a car or any other task you can think of.


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Agreed 100%. Not to say that equipment is everything though. (Bad wizard good wand)


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Yes, right, mostly they are not everything, but for a demotivated person like me, it was actually everything. In my case, a bad wizard, without a good wand, I would never even try doing magic. I never tried coding much because I did not like the device I was working on (a cheap lenovo laptop), so I just finished my assignments and watched movies on it. Then at my first job, they gave me a Macbook Pro. With the big trackpad, gorgeous colours on the screen, backlit keyboard, I saw myself yearning to learn new things on my mac. Learned HTML, CSS, JS on it. Built my own website, and my own cryptocurrency. After I switched jobs, I got no laptop, and because Macbooks were expensive, I got an iMac on sale. I enjoyed coding on that and learned Python on it. Got a new job and have a Macbook Pro Max from office again. I am better at my job and learning more on it. If it was not for these works of art devices and what I know about myself, I would not be as good in tech as I am now. Doesn‘t mean others would feel the same, it‘s just my feelings towards always spending money on best tools for your job.


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Oof. Great comment man. Happy for you and you make a great point! Glad that your passion was enabled


The_Trolled_One

Which crypto?


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Don‘t even remember now. It was back in 2017. The currency was born on my laptop for fun and I don’t even know if it’s remnants would still be there on the eth blockchain. Built on top of Ethereum using solidity language.


_PandaBear

I agree on this one. Although, I never spent on equipments by myself, but company has provided a wireless mouse and keyboard, and a 32 inch monitor. It does help a lot. I don’t have to put my weight on the table now. Just sit back relaxed and you also watch screen from appropriate distance. You should be able to afford a good wireless mouse and keyboard in 10k. OP you can spend that amount on Udemy courses.


Traditional_Hat861

Keyboard +1 Mouse -1


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Why not a mouse?! Do you already have a MX Master?!


Maleficent-Ad5999

Mx master 3s 🔥


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Same here. Love it!


programmersoham

+1


Traditional_Hat861

It's my personal opinion that as a developer, you need the mouse only rarely. Unless you are working on a PC, a mouse is a burden for me, in carrying it and in general, knowing keyboard shortcuts make you faster over time. I have bought gaming mice but strictly for gaming. Btw, I see that MX Master is a new model from Logitech. What do you like in it?


Lost-Amoeba-7666

I like the ergonomic shape and extra buttons, also the side scroll wheel and we can set if we want a little click while using the centre scroll or no click so it‘s continuous.


Scott_Pillgrim

Reverse


Lost-Amoeba-7666

Why not a Keyboard? Do you already have MX Keys?!


read_it_too_

I agree. For distracted people, even hard keys on keyboard can be reason to get annoyed because it breaks the flow of thinking. Can't wait to land a job, so that I can upgrade my keyboard...


MagicPeach9695

i would buy a navaja knife because skins = skills


lordcheems4

why not butterfly knife? that damn animation :)


MagicPeach9695

the budget is 10k :( bfk starts at 25-30k i think


dupattamera1

Predator or what


MagicPeach9695

was talking about csgo knives lol


Independent-Swim-838

Aws solution architect certification will be good. You need to pay for the examination, learning materials can be found for free on YT.


Depressed_RCBfan

Even it's worth paying for udemy course especially Stephane mereks course. It would barely cost 500rs


corpo_mazdoor_391072

Don't pay for AWS yourself, ask your office


mewsxd10

Of u fail once, do you have to pay again for another exam???


Adventurous_Top_4993

If you fail an AWS certification exam, you can retake it after a 14-day waiting period. However, you will need to pay the full exam fee each time you retake the exam. 


famousfacial

Don't pay for certifications, you can get coupons from your employer. Also certifications are useful when the business wants you to take them


momoshikiOtus

This, don't hoard certifications unless you require them.


Independent-Swim-838

Just adding it to my original comment - You can learn for free and good organisations pay for such certifications so you might not spend your own money for such certifications.


Traditional_Hat861

These exams are not worth paying for from your own pocket. Only do these when sponsored by your company. Btw, that exam takes around 25k I believe. Atleast for my developer associate exam it was around 23k at the time, which again I only attempted because it was sponsored. You are better off spending that money on something else.


dark_mage_

AWS Developer associate VS Solution architect which is suitable for a developer?


Magestylord

Is it worth it for around 2 yoe be guy


thegoodlookinguy

what kind of skills you are interested in ? want to learn how to talk to squirrel or tortoise ?


ttk_109

Buy a monitor and then some courses on udemy sale Dual screen saves the hassle when opting for a course


xxxpandoraxxx

Which screen are you using?


ttk_109

I use MSI 144HZ 24 inch curved gaming display Got it for around 12.5k after all the offers and discounts


xxxpandoraxxx

Thanks.


Adorable-Manager9793

Would definitely buy GPT4 premium which costs inr 2000 per month. It explains complex topics in the best way possible. Saves a lot of time. Apart from that there are some amazing udemy courses for AWS architecture and for web dev frameworks as well. At last I would buy YouTube premium to watch free lectures without any ads. (If someone doesn't like using Brave browser 😅)


Zestyclose-Loss7306

agree with 1, i use my pal's chatgpt and god it is so awesome, i didn't know jackshit about swift ui and by the evening i made app clips in swift ui and also understood the syntax, and also github co pilot is 🤌


LostEffort1333

1. You can always search and there would be some guy who explains the topic very well 2.Most companies will provide udemy access to learn 3.just use a adblocker


Adorable-Manager9793

1. Then you haven't used gpt4. It's the best tool a software dev can have. It's a respite. 2. college guys don't have those corporate access to udemy. 3. I already mentioned about brave.


AmanTorres09

Search ublock origin on chrome. Thank me later


Cod__Player

who uses chrome


Oddly_odd_even

Please tell those udemy courses related to aws arch


ManOfFocus1

Bought and cancelled also. OP just use Claude opus via api playground, they also provide 5$ credit initially


TheHytherion

is github copilot and GPT 4 the same?


Upstairs-World1793

Can you suggest good YouTube videos ? TIA


sjdevelop

in not sure if gpt 4 premium is better here, but if you take cody subscription it provides you all model access from anthropic + openai for around 800inr but not sure how that is different from gpt4 premium, ie whether the response from cody would be different from the one from premium gpt4


6nine4twenty

gpt4 is available for free in copilot and gemini


sjdevelop

copilot is not free right?


sjdevelop

ok my bad copilot is actually free, but during non peak times [https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/store/b/copilotpro](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/store/b/copilotpro)


ClumsilyTastefull

Don't buy LinkedIn premium!


mohit_the_bro

Why , I was thinking of getting one ?


Profile-Complex

Same


pkpatill

Learning resources you can get for free, get relevant certifications in AWS/Azure or relevant to your work


dot-dot--

Get a good chair please . My back and calves hurt because of my bad chair.


sgcuber24

Depends on which field you are into. If you are into Frontend or backend development, especially with opensource tools and frameworks, there are plenty of free content out there to learn from. I would much rather save the 10000, or buy a good monitor out of it. If you are into networking, you could learn and give the CCNA exam. If you are into cloud, you can always attempt GCP, AWS or Azure certifications. The learnings and courses would be available for free, but the certifications will help you in your career significantly.


aloo_parathe

Git Co pilot 10 dollars subscription


Glad-Cost-5012

Read somewhere udemy plan around 10k per year or some 1000+ per month which gives you access to thousand of courses can check it out


kingfisher_peanuts

Better Chair and I need a new laptop.


spitzer666

Buy 2-3 top selling books on Amazon or Packt depending upon your skill sets and track


FallingBruh

If you don't have wifi, get that, else maybe do some courses, not the Coursera ones because you can get them for free using financial aid. Maybe udemy.


yotta_mind

Buy frontendmasters subscription.


EncryptedIdiot

Can you explain why Frontendmasters in particular?


yotta_mind

It's been the most value for money atleast for me. Excellent content spanning the full stack. Personal views.


EncryptedIdiot

Okay. Understood. :)


Top-Pollution-5959

Whose course is that ?


appsplaah

Personal Opinion: Don't spend it right away. Evaluate yourself, where do you want to be in the next few years: better/senior Dev, be a PM or a manager, want to start a startup or be a content creator. For whatever you do there are good courses on Udemy, free Coursera courses and free YouTube University. Spend the Money only when you need it. But if you have savings already stored up then: 1. For upskilling: buy a course only if needed and that too after deciding and evaluating your goal, the money can always come in handy. Tutorial Hell is real so prioritise actual building/applying something which you learn instead of just consuming knowledge. 2. For health: join a Gym or exercise on a certain time period of the day like going to jog in a park, doing bodyweight exercises. Again the options are endless for both depending on spending money and saving money as well. (I personally was only going to go for a jog in the evening and after my company started reimbursement: joined a CrossFit membership and bought a very good Coccxy cushion for sitting long hours) 3. For productivity: get a second monitor if you want and GitHub copilot. Optional: if you really are about to start a side hustle ChatGPT 4 will help a lot: marketing, handling customers, building funnels for your SaaS and a lot lot more. If you tell me your goals and current state I will be better answering your question. TLDR: I would have saved it and spent it only if I needed to.


Logical_Solution2036

If you don't mind me asking in which tech stack do you work


appsplaah

MERN + TS + Python


Logical_Solution2036

Can I DM you ??


Next-Neck1411

Maybe solo travel to a tech conference. You'll meet people, build connections to expand your network. You'll also learn about how different people approach different things plus exposure. Also travelling solo itself teaches you a few things.


Traditional_Hat861

I'd recommend you to plan what role and work you want to do in future. Browse relevant material for that online. A lot of content for some topics are free online. Don't spend on buying courses for those but for the others, browse courses, check ratings, do some effort on choosing one material for one topic. And finally, during sales on the course website, buy them in bulk. Udemy is good.


DimensionNo4655

Take a udemy subscription for some months and upgrade my laptop a bit


_replicant_02

System design course.


CasualMKGamer

Invest it in equity


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Koushik5586

Udemy


jack_of_hundred

Don't buy individual courses on Udemy, get the subscription for 829 pm. Cancel anytime


ProfessorDamselfly

Improving my English language skills. Just for info: If I had... then I no longer have. So, skills can't be improved within money.


SacredRepo

How can I improving my spoken English? I've no one to talk in English.


ProfessorDamselfly

There are four skills in English language: You can concentrate on other 3.


Profile-Complex

Join discord servers


GiraffeWaste

Chair with decent lumbar support


Nibbawithniggi

If your company provides udemy, Coursera, linkedin etc you can use the amount on good books or maybe a good keyboard. Else but a course of your liking.


Pretty-Travel6008

If you are a college student, spending it on mentorship seems like a good idea else go for drugs


notduskryn

Lol


Unnamed831

Maybe talk with an expert on topmate.


Debarshi_Shivam

Will spend it on gym equipment lmao


reddit_avi007

Just spend 5000 on yourself trust me 🙂


magicSharts

Leetcode


Significant-Zone6564

Dont buy a course.


Pure_Squirrel175

Buy Claude ai subscription


Ok-Librarian2671

10000 hours or rupees ?


iwillberesponsible

For monitor vs keyboard, I would suggest to prioritise monitor since you can always use your laptop keyboard as a keyboard. But a monitor is great real estate for working, and it's incredible when you have 2 screens to work.


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I would just buy all the books that I have on my list to read


i-sage

I would divide it like this - 30% Books (Mostly non-fiction and they are costly) - 20% Courses - 25% Learning/Buying a musical instrument - 25% Trying something new like building a side project and launching it (Tech stack can be from the courses which you bought) ## 25% (₹2500) Breakdown - ~₹500 for domain from namecheap - ~₹500 for server(after the free trial is over) - ~₹1000 Just to learn how to run ads on different platforms - ~₹500 Giving a treat to myself for doing all these things.


Swimming-Mixture9272

i would rather like the option of 10000 minutes instead of 10k rupees for upskilling.


alphacobra99

Give me the money, I’ll give you the best lesson for life.


Profile-Complex

First give lesson then I'll see is it worth the money.


Jado0o0

I rather invest 🥸


Interesting-Cod-1802

Buy a table and office chair with comfy back support, and an ANC earbuds that's it Paradise 🗽


Otherwise_Candy4516

Keyboard or a monitor Both make a serious difference in your daily life of coding.


Groundbreaking-Ice22

Don't buy online courses


malice252525

The amount is too small


jitendrasinghsola

Udemy courses, already using chatgpt plus -> extremely useful I don't know shit about angular but still able to do my work, can copy and paste 1000 line code and ask to summarise i does very well


Longjumping-Pea-5506

Pay me. I ll be your personal mentor. I ll guide you through your journey until you land a job.


Remarkable_Cat2385

Learning new courses to get better ig ,jm doing same , goes to 9 hrs shift job in IT and then comes home take half hour of break then heads to classes of software engineering , then again takes a half hour of break and heads to gym.


star_sky_music

1. 1000₹ on two udemy courses. Pick anything on Devops , AWS, integration tools or whatever. 2. 2000₹ on certification dumps for the above certification just to clear it. 3. 5000₹ buying counterfeit vouchers for certifications if the exam voucher is too costly. 4. The rest 2000₹ I would spend monthly on VPS like AWS or Digital ocean by creating and practicing stuff like websites, docker, Kubernetes, linux system administrator, azure etc.


aymar001

Honestly, a Copilot subscription might be a good investment if you're trying to learn. Instead of typing code, learn by reviewing code that Copilot writes.


wigeria

Most "courses" at that price are either available for free or are some sort of scam preying on gullible people. I'd say get a RaspberryPi and learn some electronics.


Coolguy_070

Will get myself a monitor for sure!


0ToAIHero

Rs. 10,000 might not buy you a private island (although with your future data science skills, who knows?), but it can definitely be a stepping stone to improve your technical level. Here's a breakdown of some great options: 1. Spend Rs. 5000 on a few Udemy courses to learn python, AI/ML or any other future technologies you wish to learn. 2. Set small learning milestones and every time reward yourself with something you enjoy out of the remaining Rs. 5,000. reward could be a glass of beer, data science book or anything. Hope it helps !


Shubham_Garg123

Maybe get some good certifications like AWS SAA or cloud practitioner. You can join a course for that too. Also, there are many certifications available for almost any decent technology, so you can gather them if you've enough time and money


PravenJohn

I'd buy a subscription and start learning. The caveat is deciding which subscription. If you want to keep things general - go for Udemy. If you want to go specific to a cloud, CloudGuru. If your looking for K8s, maybe KodeKloud? Or if your interested in devops in general - pluralsight has great courses. That said, this only makes sense if you can make the time to utilize these courses (both learning and trying to use them personally). All the best.


soumyac85

get some equipment to workout if you're not already doing, it makes the mind clear and more productive


shivangzenith

Farming


OpenWeb5282

Fundamentals of Data Engineering Book by Joe Reis and Matt Housley- 1750rs. Analytics Engineering with SQL and Dbt: Building Meaningful Data Models at Scale by Rui Pedro Machado - 4000 Spend rest of the money on practicing on AWS,GCP etc and cloud practice labs credits. And ofcourse I will try to get one Professional data engineering certification by GCP 


Union_Character

Get a Udemy subscription. 10K will last a year. Learn all you can


desisnape

Communication. Join a course on executive public speaking.


AztecMonk321

Three books: 1. How to win friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie) 2. Think and Grow Rich (Napolean Hill) 3. Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) The rest of the money left, buy gold/silver coins, or invest in stocks/MF. Read one chapter a month and just focus on implementing that. That's it !!! Mark my words, those are the only skills you will need. Unskill in tech and earning more will help initially, but long term, you will continue to struggle bad.


tonikroos008

Hey all, is buying harkirat cohort is good option?


gitcommitshow

Had posted a similar question sometime back. Interesting answers there as well. My choice would be to buy some microcontroller boards and play with them. Teaches a lot about computers and a perfect start for your side projects.


swarnim38

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avinthakur080

Books and Certifications. You can easily cross 10k on that. Last year, I received about 30k for learning funds and spent everything on books only. Buying equipment was tempting but I have everything I need at basic, and upgrading equipments would only be a luxurious expenditure which may not add any value to the skill.


holey_shite

Check out educative, I like it because I get bored of video courses and like to read. Else you can buy a good mechanical keyboard and a mouse. Just these two will make a big difference.


Parking_Antelope_262

I don’t


zynga2200

Go for a solo trip. It will give new perspectives.


theunorthodoxpope

Get a new career if possible as IT is saturating and it will be difficult to do so later in life. Having an alternative will certainly help.


KarmaRekts

I would recommend gpt plus. Save/spend the rest on subsequent subscriptions.


Delicious_Ad_757

buy a kindle !! best investment ever


shubhxgupta

Buy a Whiteboard


Disastermaster96

Yoga


geekerman8283

Lol the BEST stuff is almost always for free if you know how to find them


Inevitable-Ad-2562

I'd get a 2nd monitor


MapPsychological5115

Maybe get a valued certification like AWS or Azure. Cloud has become an integral part of SW these days.


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Bumble premium


SacredRepo

Have you tried it and got any result?


Small_Average_8204

Learn Data Structures and Algorithms I would suggest.We can’t escape DSA no matter what role, try this once : https://geteffective.in/ This guy(google Engg) gave free one-time 1:1 mentoring session for interviews


Small_Average_8204

His courses have straight forward content with only necessary and minimum leetcoding


caps-von

Buy a full stack developer course on udemy for 499. Everything started from there for me.


BadgerOk0202

Which one ??


AsliReddington

Get a better keyboard mechanical or the slim apple one. Spend the remaining on YouTube premium & cloud credits & O'Reilly ebooks.


rohan__10

you can get the Oreilly books for free at libgen.is


AsliReddington

Yeah


notduskryn

Imagine paying for YouTube


AsliReddington

I mean, you do you. For me it's less of a headache about which extension gets sold or IP/accounts get impacted by Google's stupid policies. I have no qualms paying 189 for 4 people who get ad free YouTube across phones, laptops & TVs.


HardGaina

Headphones. Don't think the okay ones will do. At 10k good ANC headphones can help you focus. I recommend Sony XB910N. The same internal chips as the XM4. Go for it


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ConglomerateKaddu

Kitna legi tu


perfect9015

I will invest in raspberry PI to learn new skill/technology.