During my CS undergrad I got hired by a VP of a company before I graduated, as he also attended CS classes for fun. I am decent with computers built gaming rig

During my CS undergrad I got hired by a VP of a company before I graduated, as he also attended CS classes for fun. I am decent with computers built gaming rigs, overclocked, built servers, set up home labs and networks, built html sites, wordpress sites and was doing extremely well in school. We often talked about how I always was working on different projects. I have been IC at this company for 4 years now with minimal supervision delivering apps. I did not have an interview. Therefore, I agree with this advice. Many companies are looking for developers who can develop apps for them as ICs, and OPs experience would be perfect.