Also self taught, again no degree. To be honest I didn't even particularly compensate for it, it's not like I decided instead to put a large focus into open sou

Also self taught, again no degree. To be honest I didn't even particularly compensate for it, it's not like I decided instead to put a large focus into open source projects or anything to fill out my CV. I just started programming as a kid, entered the workforce, and figured out I could be paid to do that and here I am. Only ever been an issue once, and even then, I was more so the one taking issue than them (had a gruelling interview only to find out at the end they hadn't read my CV by asking about O Notation and saying "you must have used it at university at some point"). They said it wasn't a problem for them, but yeh, I wasn't too happy about it (and that might've showed a bit more than I wanted). The downside of this relaxed approach is that I know very little of theory, and I only know about something if its something I've needed to know for a task or project. That can be an issue, but nothing too bad yet to concern me