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Most developers I know who are self taught have been passionate about building things for a long time and have been experimenting on their own time for a long t
by taurath 4y ago
Most developers I know who are self taught have been passionate about building things for a long time and have been experimenting on their own time for a long time before they got their first SE role. Even with the potential financial rewards, the amount of learning one must do on one’s own time is too large for someone to just walk up to it. I find that there’s a lot of people with CS degrees like this though who just wanted that degree to make more money, and then find they really dislike the roles.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoI am one of those people - no CS degree, self-taught and ground my way up to FAANG. Never once did I think I could "tackle any problem I could put my mind to" until around the 10 year mark.
- taurath 4y agoI am the same (though I avoid FAANG for ethical purposes) - I don’t feel like it’s a reasonable statement to say anyone can tackle any problem, but within known domains there’s little that can’t be done given enough time