> As I heard from one candidate in an interview, “software development is one of very few career paths left to have a middle class lifestyle without a degree.“
That's very true, and it's because technology is more of a meritocracy than most other professions. Your compiler doesn't care about your credentials, or who your family is, emotional pleas, or any of the other myriad factors that get people into jobs they're not capable of. The culture of meritocracy is pretty heavily under assault, but I'm confident it will survive for a while yet.
I agree with this. I think their methodology of scouring requirements in job ads might have something to do with it. I don't know if I've ever seen a listing in software development that didn't mention requiring a degree. I don't have a degree, and it's never stopped me from applying, but it is usually in there.
In manufacturing - any position will interact with software for most of the day, and it is definitely part of the promotion path.
Re:Where the Good Jobs Are
by sparkpy724 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @02:49PM
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I'd argue that the number of non degree holders that are capable of being good Software Engineers is very small.
I've met numerous people in my 10+ years of software development without a degree. I don't have one either.
As I heard from one candidate in an interview, “software development is one of very few career paths left to have a middle class lifestyle without a degree.“
My biased opinion is that devs without a degree hustle a little more and are more willing to tackle brownfield projects and nasty refactoring/conversion efforts.