If I'm hiring and you have no degree, no portfolio, and can't leetcode, I have zero evidence you are good at anything at all. That seems like your "blocker"...

If I'm hiring and you have no degree, no portfolio, and can't leetcode, I have zero evidence you are good at anything at all. That seems like your "blocker"... Anyone can make stuff up on paper as others have already said, and everyone knows this.