I would like to talk about the time I made a very good investment in myself. It was back in 2019 after dropping out of high school. I was struggling to find a decent, uh, job with high paying salary, and I consulted with my brother in law, who is an, uh, iOS developer making very handsome salary. So he suggested I involved in a coding bootcamp for six months. He said if I study hard enough, then I might be able to get, uh, entry level job in the IT industry. However, in, uh, the tuition was like 20,000 IMB, which is a lot o to me, but I still went for it, uh, after a few weeks of attending this bootamp, I thought, um, this is going toa be like, a bad decision for me because simply too difficult for me to, uh, learn all the complicated concepts of this programming field. However, after six months of studying and then even though it was, um, the outbreak of pandemic, I still managed to lend a, uh, job in Guangzhou. And I feel very happy about myself for making such wise decision, and I’m also very indebted and grateful to my brother in law.
Band 7+: describe a risk you took that you though would lead to a terrible result but ended up with a positive result. You should say - when you took the risk -why you took the risk -How it went -And explain how you felt about it
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I'd like to talk about a risk I took that turned out incredibly positive. It was back in 2019, after I dropped out of high school. I was struggling to find a decent, well-paying job, and I consulted with my brother-in-law, who's an iOS developer making a great salary. He suggested I enroll in a coding bootcamp for six months. He said if I studied hard enough, I could get an entry-level job in the IT industry. However, the tuition was around $20,000, which was a lot for me, but I decided to go for it. After a few weeks in the bootcamp, I started to doubt myself. It seemed incredibly difficult to grasp all the complex concepts of programming. But after six months of dedicated study, even with the pandemic outbreak, I managed to land a job in Guangzhou. I'm incredibly happy with myself for making that decision, and I'm deeply grateful to my brother-in-law for his guidance.
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