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What about people without a relevant degree? Some of the best engineers I know don’t have one. And people without experience - how will they get jobs? I feel o
by nindalf 5y ago
What about people without a relevant degree? Some of the best engineers I know don’t have one.
And people without experience - how will they get jobs? I feel our industry already does too much of this - asking for 5 years experience with a specific technology. I’d like to push back against that.
Fwiw I’m not entirely unbiased. I am a person with minimal experience and no relevant degree who got a job by preparing hard for interviews. I’m happy I wasn’t filtered out by “10 years of relevant experience and a relevant degree”.
- commandlinefan 5y ago> no relevant degree Why not get the degree then? If you'd started four years ago, you'd be done by now. If you start now, you'll be done in four years (maybe a little longer since you're working full time).
- nindalf 5y agoBut I already taught myself most of the CS curriculum. Why would I spend years of time plus tens of thousands getting myself a piece of paper that says I know all the things I know? And not just the cost, the opportunity cost! I would have forgone the last 4 years of salary and work experience. I wouldn’t have been able to write the post this thread is about if I had been in school in that time. Thankfully, our industry doesn’t worship pieces of paper.