I am not offering the ultimate truth here, just my opinion. However I notice that people seem to be offended by the notion that some knowledge of data structure

I am not offering the ultimate truth here, just my opinion. However I notice that people seem to be offended by the notion that some knowledge of data structures is required. It's a very basic concept of how to efficiently handle and store data. I am not sure what people think a basic requirement for a development job is. Being able to learn is a very low threshold in my opinion, and how do you prove that when you don't have a degree and don't know the basics? See the catch there? Again, If someone want's to be a front end web developer what I am saying is most certainly not required. For anything else I think it holds though.