It'll be hard to get past HR, since non-techs attribute CS jobs to people with CS degrees. With your skill-set you can end up on the front-end. Take it little b

It'll be hard to get past HR, since non-techs attribute CS jobs to people with CS degrees. With your skill-set you can end up on the front-end. Take it little by little, start building websites for your friends for a start. Best way to apply with your current skill-set? Be radical, a simple project suggestion: rebrand/redesign things. Take a look at how minimallyminimal got the eyes of many people with his rebrand of microsoft. As for your question on the best way to apply for a job? Assuming you're applying for a position with your skillset: redesign their website. bring it along with your github profile on your interview.