I was pretty much in the same boat as you, having seven years of experience but no hard CS qualifications. I was recently contacted by a Facebook engineer who'd

I was pretty much in the same boat as you, having seven years of experience but no hard CS qualifications. I was recently contacted by a Facebook engineer who'd seen my blog and who encouraged me to apply. The team I interviewed for was less technical than a core engineering team but the process was much more straightforward and actually easier than I expected. I'm from outside the US and had heard about month long hiring processes and day long interviews but in reality it was three short phone interviews and a single in-person interview which they paid for. I got the feeling they were looking for a personality fit rather than just engineering skills.