> But now I'm hearing stories that companies are not even looking at self-taught Software Engineers. Same boat for me down to self taught and entry 10 years ag

> But now I'm hearing stories that companies are not even looking at self-taught Software Engineers. Same boat for me down to self taught and entry 10 years ago, I just avoided the management path. I've had companies flat out reject me (for mid level roles) due to not having a SWE degree, even though I literally have 10+ years of professional experience in the area they're hiring for. I can only imagine self taught and no degree would get laughed out of the room most of the time now unfortunately.