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Re:Why 'worthless' humanities degrees may set you up for life by cowsandmilk on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:19AM (#19597309)
> often even then only if they want to work at a FAANG for that first job. Where people end up 5-10-15-20 years later in their career has little to do with their degree.

As someone who doesn't have a CS degree, I found that FAANG companies were much more willing to take a risk on someone without a degree getting their first job than many smaller companies.

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Re:Why 'worthless' humanities degrees may set you up for life by matwood on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:26AM (#19597360)
Great point. The only caveat I would point out is that a candidate has to pass what is effectively a test of what a typical undergrad in CS learns. A 20 year old could certainly study and do that on their own, but the typical self-taught person is not necessarily learning those quiz type questions.
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