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"by this point as a recruiter I would just not hire a person without a degree" While the variability of self-taught is higher than those with a CS degree, ther
by vicaya 13y ago
"by this point as a recruiter I would just not hire a person without a degree"
While the variability of self-taught is higher than those with a CS degree, there are plenty of self-taught (without CS degree) software engineers who rise to the top of hard core software engineering companies (e.g. Microsoft, Facebook, VMware etc.), besides high-profile college drop-outs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
I suspect that your recruiter position expose you to lower than average quality candidates, as most good engineers never needed a recruiter -- they are simply referred by their friends and colleagues.
- ekm2 13y agoWhile the variability of self-taught is higher than those with a CS degree, there are plenty of self-taught (without CS degree) software engineers who rise to the top of hard core software engineering companies (e.g. Microsoft, Facebook, VMware etc.), besides high-profile college drop-outs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. I am not sure if Mark Zuckerberg can be described as self taught,especially if you consider his high school's CS curriculum. http://www.exeter.edu/documents/COI/COI_Final_2013_14.pdf#page=25 http://www.exeter.edu/documents/COI/COI_Final_2013_14.pdf#pa...