Re:Two out of three developers are self-taught, and other tr...
by sokoloff on Thursday March 31, 2016 @12:44PM
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It depends on what you're experiencing. For me, I'm self-taught from age 8 and got a degree in Mechanical Engineering as I thought I wanted to work in automotive. Did an internship for MB in Stuttgart and when interviewing for permanent positions was steered away from US auto by a Ford engineer. If I had his address, I'd send him a Christmas card and a nice gift every year.
I've had zero issues finding work in computing. If you're also not finding issues, the advice is "do nothing and continue to ignore the line in any JD that says 'BS in CompSci required'". It's almost certainly not.
If you are experiencing issues getting interviews, consider leaving your degree off or explicitly highlighting your self-taught nature and work experience.
Anyone who was reading a Perl book in middle school for pleasure and has stuck with computing since then is almost surely a strong candidate, at least way more than sufficiently strong.
I've had zero issues finding work in computing. If you're also not finding issues, the advice is "do nothing and continue to ignore the line in any JD that says 'BS in CompSci required'". It's almost certainly not.
If you are experiencing issues getting interviews, consider leaving your degree off or explicitly highlighting your self-taught nature and work experience.
Anyone who was reading a Perl book in middle school for pleasure and has stuck with computing since then is almost surely a strong candidate, at least way more than sufficiently strong.