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TLDR- Yes An Econ background and great grades means a lot. If you can build some skills toward the CS work, you can prove that you'd be great at whatever you w
by cameron_b 6y ago
TLDR- Yes
An Econ background and great grades means a lot. If you can build some skills toward the CS work, you can prove that you'd be great at whatever you want to do.
so,
What do you want to do? Bring an analyst angle to a dev team? That seems like an easy win.
No one really cares about your degree. Heck, I have a degree in Fine Arts. Start doing what you want to do. If you find you need some coursework, do it. If you find someone who wants you to have a CS degree, have them pay for it.
- TheGrkIntrprtr 6y agoThanks for this! I could self teach and my work in the public sector would let me go on 1 year of unpaid leave to try out a software dev job. In some sense though, just on a psychological level, I feel like I'd still have lingering doubts. That I'm just an amateur hacking away etc., and that my resume will just get screened out without a CS degree. How did you deal with that, if you experienced it? And would you mind giving a few details of what it is you do now? Thanks again for the encouraging comment.