> it's probably the only industry that doesn't requires formal education. I think this is because large majority of tasks do not require formal education (prov

> it's probably the only industry that doesn't requires formal education. I think this is because large majority of tasks do not require formal education (proverbial CRUDs etc.). And that's OK. For the record I've got a master degree in CS but I can't remember last time I had to utilize that knowledge. Hobby projects? Sure. But not daily work. Great article by the way! I was also on the side of "it's hard to do PRs and github as resume is a bad idea" but it turns out that it's surprisingly easy to start and the experience of working with people that have similar interests is really fun!