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You keep repeating this, but that doesn't make it true. Where I've worked and hired people -- in San Francisco and Silicon Valley -- there is little emphasis p
by encoderer 13y ago
You keep repeating this, but that doesn't make it true.
Where I've worked and hired people -- in San Francisco and Silicon Valley -- there is little emphasis placed on formal eduction. Virtually none. Some companies have a reputation for liking degrees. Google, for example, but they are an exception.
I don't think a self taught programmer, who takes his craft seriously and learns not just practical how-to but also data structures and algorithms, is at ANY disadvantage in today's job market.
- sillysaurus 13y agoWell, you work in SF / SV. There's a whole Earth outside of those places. And those places are largely prejudiced against people who don't have degrees. I've experienced it firsthand. "Well, move!" Except it's not that easy when you have family.
- justinlilly 13y agoI'll point out that I worked at Google for 2 years. I don't have a degree at all, much less in Computer Science.