The bad news: If you don't have a degree, your resume has a much higher chance of being weeded out before even getting to a phone screen. The good news: This p

The bad news: If you don't have a degree, your resume has a much higher chance of being weeded out before even getting to a phone screen. The good news: This prescreening step is the only one where your degree matters - by the time you're actually talking to a person, your degree almost doesn't matter at all. Getting your first job will be tougher than you might like, but there are plenty of companies that don't filter candidates based on education. After you get that first job, your goal should be to expand your network - an internal referral can oftentimes guarantee a technical screen, at which point you're right where you want to be.