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Honestly, don't worry about it. I have a weird background myself. I studied Physics, but didn't finish my degree (about a semester short :( ). My University (a
by ajford 10y ago
Honestly, don't worry about it. I have a weird background myself. I studied Physics, but didn't finish my degree (about a semester short :( ). My University (a branch campus) started shutting down and stuff got complicated. I also got married and had a kid.
So I didn't finish my degree, got a good job offer doing Electrical Engineering (based off a good internship I did) for 3 years. Then switched to software, and with 7 years programming background (3 embedded at my last job and 4yrs of side projects and research code) I landed a Senior Programmer position at my new job. I'm not in the top bracket yet, but for essentially 4 years out of college (without a degree) I feel I'm doing pretty good.
Right now, CS seems to be a "Buyer's Market" where the job seekers have a bit more sway since everyone wants a new app or site or what not.
Like plenty of others have said, work on side projects and demo code. Doesn't have to be polished or whatever, but every little bit helps. Anything you do to learn a new platform or technique, stick in your portfolio. Get a Github or Gitlab. If you're shy about your code, Gitlab has free private repos, which you can share with an interviewer when it comes up (though I highly recommend you just go public with most of your code).