Stage 4 · Lesson 5 of 7
Red flags: income-share deals and job promises
Some programmes use an (ISA) or deferred tuition. You pay nothing now. Later, once you earn above a set threshold, you pay a share of your income.
It can feel risk free, but it is debt. In the United States, regulators have treated these agreements as loans. Before signing, calculate the most you could ever pay.
Check what counts as income, and what happens if you take a non-tech job. These belong on your list of . Other red flags include promises of a job or a salary, pressure to sign today for a discount, vague answers about teachers, and that leave out dropouts.
Common trapsigning an agreement you have not read in full because the monthly figure looked small.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 2 cheat sheet entries come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
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- PlatformFreefreeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp · Beginner
A free, structured curriculum with certifications and projects, good for learning around work
- CourseFreeCS50: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard University · Beginner
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