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No Bachelors Degree, No Problem
If you're a skilled Java/Spring or JavaScript developer, I know of several openings at a respected company in the South SF Bay Area where those involved in hiring don't care about your lack of a degree as long as you're reasonably good. I am omitting the name of the company because this isn't an official message. This is just me, a frequent HN reader, reaching out to other HN readers. Please be willing to relocate to the South SF Bay Area and currently be living somewhere in the United States.
I say reasonably because I don't want to scare anybody off unnecessarily. Trust me, if you're reading Hacker News, you're probably better than 95% of the shockingly unskilled people who we phone screen on a regular basis. I'd be happy to have a quick conversation with you to get a general idea of your skill level, at which point I can recommend you be brought in for an interview.
I know there's a regular "Who's Hiring" thread, but I think the semi-unique nature of this opportunity is reasonably worthy of posting separately. Startups often don't care about education, but unless you have many years of experience or wrote a book, big companies often do. In fact some of these openings officially require a Master's degree.
My contact information is on my profile.
- tommaxwell 14y agoAs a front-end JS dev (Backbone.js, jQuery, etc) I'm having a really hard time finding internships. I was recently hired by a venture-backed SF tech company but decided to leave because I didn't believe it was the right place for me right now -- I'm starting to regret it. I can't seem to find any listings offering internships. Heck, the company I joined didn't even list them. The recruiter kept pestering me on LinkedIn so I finally asked and lo and behold they had internships.
- epicureanideal 14y agoInternships are available.
- tommaxwell 14y agoI'll shoot you an email. :)
- tommaxwell 14y agoI'm not sure I see your contact information on your profile. Not really sure how HN works. I think if you've added an email address anyone can see it.
- ayers 14y agoThe email field is private and not shown to the public. Generally people add their contact information in the About field.
- tommaxwell 14y agoMakes sense.
- epicureanideal 14y agoDidn't know that. Adding to About field.
- wturner 14y agoI posted this awhile go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5345474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5345474 Feel free to contact me after looking at my site and assessing if you think I can contribute.