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But are they willing to even talk to someone who doesn't have a degree or experience? I've never worked at jobs that were super high paying. I've never seen a f

by iteria 2y ago

But are they willing to even talk to someone who doesn't have a degree or experience? I've never worked at jobs that were super high paying. I've never seen a fresh self-taught person on a job in the last 5 years. And I've done consulting and gotten exposure to a lot a of different companies. I've also done scrappy startups. And boring small companies no one has ever heard of. Running into a self-taught person at all was rare, but when I did their story rarely involved not transferring from another career and leveraging some SME knowledge to get started. They already had training or a degree just not in this. I'm not sure screwing around at home will actually land you a job. Not anymore.

maccard 2y ago
Yes. There are definitely places that won’t talk to you without a degree, but many, many places will take a degree or equivalent. > screwing around at home will actually land you a job. Not anymore I don’t think “screwing around” will land you a job whether it’s at home or at college/uni. But a degree tells me that you can stick by something for longer than a few months even when you don’t always feel like it by our own volition. Someone who has spent a year on and off learning to code hasn’t shown they can code or that they have any sort of consistency- both of which are (equally) as important as each other in a workplace. Someone with a degree in marine biology and a handful of GitHub projects and can pass a programming test? They’re probably my first choice. Someone with 3 years experience of writing code on their own? Absolutely. Show me those candidates and I’ll interview every one of them for a junior role.
- BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
  > show me those candidates Not speaking for where you work but they might not even pass the automated resume filters anymore unfortunately.

by iteria 2y ago

maccard 2y ago

Yes. There are definitely places that won’t talk to you without a degree, but many, many places will take a degree or equivalent. > screwing around at home will actually land you a job. Not anymore I don’t think “screwing around” will land you a job whether it’s at home or at college/uni. But a degree tells me that you can stick by something for longer than a few months even when you don’t always feel like it by our own volition. Someone who has spent a year on and off learning to code hasn’t shown they can code or that they have any sort of consistency- both of which are (equally) as important as each other in a workplace. Someone with a degree in marine biology and a handful of GitHub projects and can pass a programming test? They’re probably my first choice. Someone with 3 years experience of writing code on their own? Absolutely. Show me those candidates and I’ll interview every one of them for a junior role.

BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
> show me those candidates Not speaking for where you work but they might not even pass the automated resume filters anymore unfortunately.