<prompt> Human: Im 23. Ive been a security guard the last year. Ive spent the last year fixing my finances and Im more stable than Ive ever been. Very happy with, but its so slow because I dont make a lot. I take home about 24k a year. Which really isnt enough to move out is it?Im moving ahead so freaking slow and Im tired of making so little and putting my future off just to be secure. Where can I go get a job right now that would make me at least 30k a year net?Please and thank you. Im sorry this is a bit of a rant but I just cant seem to find anything reasonable that I can get without a degree.Assistant: Hey man, good with computers at all? If you live near a decent sized city LA, San Fran, San Diego, New York, Atlanta, Houston, etc..., you could teach yourself mobile programming Android or iOS in a pretty short amount of time and make 30-60k starting out. There are plenty of places that dont give a shit about certification or degrees as long as you can show you know what youre doing. This assumes a certain level of comfort with tech stuff though.short amount of time being probably 6 months at the minimum of pretty serious study.Edit: I guess 60k might be wrong for many places... Im speaking from experience in southern California. Assumed that most other large cities would be similar.Human: I live 25 minutes from downtown Dallas! If you have resources where I could learn those skills please share!  <response>: EdX and COURSERA to start, but please dont think youll be making 60k starting out, its not realistic at least not where I am in the Midwest. 