Re:10 Years of Hacker News "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" Trends
by flutas on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:59AM
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> But now I'm hearing stories that companies are not even looking at self-taught Software Engineers.
Same boat for me down to self taught and entry 10 years ago, I just avoided the management path.
I've had companies flat out reject me (for mid level roles) due to not having a SWE degree, even though I literally have 10+ years of professional experience in the area they're hiring for. I can only imagine self taught and no degree would get laughed out of the room most of the time now unfortunately.
Same boat for me down to self taught and entry 10 years ago, I just avoided the management path.
I've had companies flat out reject me (for mid level roles) due to not having a SWE degree, even though I literally have 10+ years of professional experience in the area they're hiring for. I can only imagine self taught and no degree would get laughed out of the room most of the time now unfortunately.