And all you need to be an olympic runner is a pair of shoes and some clothes. The tech industry, like many other industries, uses simple filters (such as work

And all you need to be an olympic runner is a pair of shoes and some clothes. The tech industry, like many other industries, uses simple filters (such as work experience or a college degree) to pick the number of people they have time to interview. The skills required to be a talented programmer, and the skills required to get and keep a job (or earn a living programming without a job) are not equivalent.