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You don't need a degree. You have already had your first job, you've got experience, that's far more important and most employers know that these days (though
by andry1 9y ago
You don't need a degree. You have already had your first job, you've got experience, that's far more important and most employers know that these days (though certainly not all).
If your resume is only one job deep, add a few sections with skills/talents/etc. and throw in the names of anything you'd be prepared to back up if anybody asks you questions about it in an interview.
Some places, particularly bigger ones, will still probably bug you about the lack of an education section. Explain to them that you are confident that being self taught and having some previous professional experience you are completely qualified to do job X. They might not agree with you, if that's the case, then trust me, you didn't want that job.
That said, everything I just wrote applies primarily to software engineer roles, the Data Science crowd is going to be more of a stickler for degrees 'cause they're all old fashioned like that.
- kreeWall 9y ago"'cause they're old fashioned like that" ^ lol. Good point. Thanks for the advice! I value experience too, but I've found that in my previous industry (actuaries/insurance), they didn't really value experience as much as exams or education. I'm glad software engineer roles are different!