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Dude I got into a FAANG company with no CS degree (or any other degree). Unless you're going into research, where is PhD is almost required, they'll hire you ba
by tomcam 3y ago
Dude I got into a FAANG company with no CS degree (or any other degree). Unless you're going into research, where is PhD is almost required, they'll hire you based on your skills.
- bsimpson 3y agoSame. Self taught as a child (like OP). Offered a job at a FAANG twice, and took it the second time.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoYMMV. I self taught as a child as well and gave up trying to crack FAANG. I still enjoy my less blingy current role.
- bsimpson 3y agoOne nice thing about megacorps is that they're big enough to support specialization. UX Engineering it a good fit for my skillset (and might be for other self taught people too).
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- tomcam 3y agoI actually started learning programming at 21. That was in the early 80s ;) Thought it might be too late. As a magazine writer I had interviewed Chris Espinosa of Apple, their first documentation person. He started his employment at Apple when he was 14 years old.
- ashbee 3y agoSame. I still have zero certifications of any kind beyond HS, despite the pressure to start collecting the useless company certs.
- huehehue 3y agoWhen? I also have a successful career despite not having any degree, but my read is that it's not as easy for newbies as it was 10 years ago. It's anecdotal based on my social circle and their younger friends, but I'm wary of turning into my parents with advice like "you don't need a degree, just a firm handshake and an affinity for hard leetcode problems!"
- tomcam 3y agoWell hang on. You say "newbies". I made sure I had been doing hard stuff for a few years before I joined the FAANG company, but yes, it was in the late 1990s. At that time it was harder to get in with no degree. I made it my job from the very beginning of my career to choose areas that were hard for most programmers and to keep up my skills.