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A substantial portion of Google engineers don’t have any degrees. Here’s one person who got a job offer from Google after doing App Academy and them being an in
by barry-cotter 8y ago
A substantial portion of Google engineers don’t have any degrees. Here’s one person who got a job offer from Google after doing App Academy and them being an instructor there. Lambda School is more than twice as long as App Academy so presumably they cover more.
https://haseebq.com/how-to-break-into-tech-job-hunting-and-interviews/ https://haseebq.com/how-to-break-into-tech-job-hunting-and-i...
> Despite having first learned how to code almost a year before, having a background as an English major and former professional poker player, I was able to land a total of 8 offers including Google, Uber, Yelp, and Airbnb (where I ultimately joined). In this three-part blog post I’m going to describe my advice to a job-seeker trying to break into the tech industry.
- ovi256 8y agoBeing an instructor there already puts him two average deviations above the average graduate, I think. It's still a good signal, though.
- austenallred 8y agoTo be fair, the average CS grad couldn’t walk into Google and get hired either, so it doesn’t bother me that on average Lambda School grads don’t go directly to Google.