Kevin's Tech Career Revival: Seeking Your Support

Hi. After a couple of years of not working because of health issues, I'm ready to get back on the horse. I've been looking for work for a couple of months now and am finding the two-year gap to be a turnoff to a lot of recruiters.

So, I found a program called Interview Kickstart that is specifically geared toward landing tech jobs - for people looking to uplevel their tech career, or in my case, to brush up on coding concepts and prepare for successful tech interviews.

https://interviewkickstart.com/courses/full-stack-engineering-interview-masterclass

This is my area of expertise (using C#/.NET to be precise) and it includes data structures and algorithms (!) among other topics. They have recorded videos, live Zoom sessions, timed coding tests, and mock interviews led by FAANG+ instructors.

FAANG+ = Facebook (Meta), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, plus Microsoft, Tesla, and Nvidia. i.e., hiring managers and engineers (current and ex) from those companies who know what the tech interviews are like.

I've already borrowed some money and have been financially supported by family, so I'm reaching out for help with the last bit of funds needed. The program costs $6,500—yes, expensive but I believe worth it—and I already have $5,000 covered.

Much appreciated... thank you for considering! I'm also looking into something called ROBS—rollover for business startup—but that takes a bit before the funds are available (I'm happy to discuss)... so I'm humbly requesting this for a Christmas present. :)