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Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by ColanR on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:21PM (#20508944)
> signalling to the world that you have the chops and the work ethic to go through with a major project with many frustrating stepping stone

i.e., hazing.

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Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by willhslade on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:09PM (#20511581)
Or, less dismissively, commitment.
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Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by ColanR on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:40PM (#20530959)
Eh, both.

You demonstrate commitment by surviving the hazing ritual.

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