Congratulations!
Hey, a probationary period cuts both ways. I don’t think you need to tell them upfront that you’ll probably split. If you want the job now, then take the job;and if you don’t want the job up to 3 months from now, you have that grace period kinda built in anyway.
If an interview questions asks about computational complexity, most likely they are looking for an answer in Big O notation. It is maybe an easier question than you think if you read up on how to determine big O for algorithms
So, you have a job basically, if that is your only criteria. Congratulations!
And I agree about becoming a developer via ESL teaching. After you get the hang of it it can leave you with a lot of mental space as well as time to focus on improving your coding. I’ve even set up a couple of little things that I can use in class.
I understand your perspective on your current offers. My take on it is that, as self-taught devs with no on-the-job experience, the key really is to get in that 12-18 months of initial experience. After that you are probably going to be moving on, because you’ll be much more valuable/attractive. So, I personally am not picky about where I will get that experience, because it’s just a short period of time that has to be done. As long as I can pay the bills, learn stuff, and be relatively certain about the stability of the job lasting that long, that’d be good for me.
My point here is that 1) you have a very stable offer from your gf’s dad. That’s almost an ideal situation, because you know someone higher up that will help you and is offering you this stepping stone. And 2) if you would consider doing the probationary period for the other offer, that’s already 25% of the time you’d need to spend there anyway. Might be worth considering just biting the bullet on either one of these, but I don’t think you will be left high and dry if you decide to wait for other offers (after all, you said you haven’t been applying to a ton of jobs, and it hasn’t been very long, and you already have multiple offers).
Also, small note regarding the computational complexity/big O question. I also had no idea about this stuff and thought it looked intimidating until I read Interviewcake’s Big O Guide. It’s actually quite simple as someone else said.
Hi Ethan,
Thanks for keep us folks updated. I am really enjoying reading about your journey. Keep us all informed, I hope you get the job you want. 
Awesome! Small world, huh? Where in Korea are you? I’m in Daegu now, though I was open to moving anywhere (though probably Seoul) when I was looking for work.
I’m actually from Hawaii! That’s so funny. Good luck with that offer! Hawaii is a great place to live and work, especially if you live in or around Honolulu. Traffic is a real killer. And yes, the rules regarding pets are a bummer, and far too strict in my opinion. A friend of mine recently moved from Hawaii to Japan and back within a year. They started getting the tests done in Japan before they left, and were able to send their dog to his wife’s family on the mainland for the remainder of the quarantine period. It all worked out fine, but it was tough on all of them.
All that said, good luck! Keep us posted.
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Hoping things begin to shape up significantly for you soon. I know you’re a hardworking individual, so I’m confident that you’ll be writing your own ticket at some point not too far off.
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How are things friend
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Keep it going player. You’ll get your right fitting job soon I know it. Keep up the hard work.
great, you seem like you know quite a lot. Well you can go to Udemy and take a course, but you will practice these things by really working with other developers. If you would take a junior job, you would be probably OK, still the pay wont be that high. If you wanted to take senior job, i think you would have to persuade the managers, you are a fast learner and you somehow already study these things and you are more or less able to get to a decent level.
That is all I have…
Best of luck 
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Your story sounds pretty similar to me (Japan though), and I’m hoping to make the same career transition and move to Denver/Boulder. Currently 7 weeks in to full-time study. I read elsewhere that the local Denver area code and/or address is especially useful there because of high local demand. Keep at it!
Congratulations!! I’ve been thinking about moving back to Chicago. Apartment People is a good resource to find apartments there. They have a lot of properties.
Congrats!
You’re a hardworking, talented developer; you deserve it.
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