Ask HN: I'm a SWE without a CS degree. Will online certs help me get into FAANG?

Re:Ask HN: I'm a SWE without a CS degree. Will online certs ... by nindalf on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:01AM (#37595038)

I’m a UK based software developer without a CS degree. I wrote about my experience interviewing at various software companies (including Google) in 2021 - https://blog.nindalf.com/posts/tech-interview/. I also talk about how I prepared for the interview, so that may be useful.

If you want to talk to someone about this don’t hesitate to reach out over email!

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a SWE without a CS degree. Will online certs ... by jdjdjdjdjdjd on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:01AM (#37595512)

Thank you! That is a very useful resource, I will read through it later!

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a SWE without a CS degree. Will online certs ... by jstx1 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:49PM (#37601299)

You had already worked at Meta at that point, getting interviews from other similar companies as hard as it would be for someone in OP's position.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a SWE without a CS degree. Will online certs ... by nindalf on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:35PM (#37604719)

I’m up front about that. Regardless, my experience here was similar to my previous round of interviews where I successfully interviewed at Meta. That went well despite not having a CS degree or a well known company on my resume.

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