Re:Ask HN: How can I become a self-taught software engineer?
by majewsky on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:02AM
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> 76% of ALL Google employees have a degree.
> The saying that one doesn't need a degree to get a tech job is nonsense.
These statements directly contradict. 24% of ALL Google employees don't have a degree.
> Ask one guy working in one of the major tech company how many of his direct neighbors have a degree
I know that I was hired into my current role without having a CS degree at the time [1}, based solely on my open-source portfolio.
[1] I now have a BSc in CS because I work part-time and attended university in parallel.
Re:Ask HN: How can I become a self-taught software engineer?
by user5994461 on Monday December 18, 2017 @04:08PM
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The statements don't contradict. Read the source, the other 24% are marked as "unknown" status, not as not having a degree.
Furthermore, that's the statistics for the whole company. It's higher for tech jobs. It's higher for younger folks. It's higher in countries where degrees are affordable.
Instead, here some numbers showing that 76% of ALL Google employees have a degree. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/this-tech-company-has-the-mo...
The saying that one doesn't need a degree to get a tech job is nonsense. Do the test: Ask one guy working in one of the major tech company how many of his direct neighbors have a degree, most likely it's all of them.