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Only software industry is so welcoming to unqualified people. In other technical professions even as "simple" as electrician or carpenter without solid apprenti
by expertentipp 4y ago
Only software industry is so welcoming to unqualified people. In other technical professions even as "simple" as electrician or carpenter without solid apprenticeship started at young age, you'll never make money after switching in later age.
- rchaud 4y agoThat's because the 'software industry' has a lot of jobs that have nothing to do with coding. Being in the vicinity of that however can be helpful for bridging the learning gap. Even then, the amount of credentialism is extremely high for anything besides the lowest rung of dev jobs. Look at how people on HN turn their noses up at bootcamps, or really anything less than a CS undergrad degree.
- the_only_law 4y ago> Even then, the amount of credentialism is extremely high for anything besides the lowest rung of dev jobs. Biggest mistake I made was not going to school and buying into the “you don’t need a degree” stuff. While technically true, it feels extremely limiting when you want to venture outside that “lowest rung”.
- wiseowise 4y ago> Look at how people on HN turn their noses up at bootcamps, or really anything less than a CS undergrad degree. And for a good reason.
- rchaud 4y agoMy point is that they'll treat a self-taught person who wants to go into software development the exact same way. It's not bootcamps don't make you build real projects and put them on Github.