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> Google let him slip away because he didn’t have a degree! If this is the really the only reason he wasn't hired, that's ridiculous. I have a degree in a fie
by EMM_386 5y ago
> Google let him slip away because he didn’t have a degree!
If this is the really the only reason he wasn't hired, that's ridiculous.
I have a degree in a field totally unrelated to computer science and I've been a developer for 20+ years. Very "senior" at the moment.
- tpxl 5y agoBest devs I ever worked with never completed high school.
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- est31 5y agoLikely this was for a position for which yearly total comp is in the single digit millions. I'd guess they are highly sought after and quite many people apply. So such filtering, while sad, is something to be expected.
- stellaathena 5y agoIn Google’s defense, it’s not that Ben didn’t go to college it’s that he’s still a college student. This is less “experienced ML dev iced out over lack of degree” and more “college kid does something amazing and some people aren’t sold to hire him on the spot.” That said, I wouldn’t feel bad for Ben. The world is his oyster.