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"Self-taught developers dominate technology: 69% of the developers who responded to the survey are at least partly self-taught, and fewer than half hold a forma
by bootload 11y ago
"Self-taught developers dominate technology: 69% of the developers who responded to the survey are at least partly self-taught, and fewer than half hold a formal degree in computer science."
It's fascinating to read this article on SV wanting devs with degrees, then compare it to this article [0] on the annual StackOverflow developer survey. SV requires a very narrow skill set compared to the rest of the world.
[0] "Two out of three developers are self-taught, and other trends from a survey of 56,033 coders" ~ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11395207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11395207