Pete-Codes

Any vets who have gone into coding here? Ben Ford learned on a ship on his way to Iraq. Not the standard way to learn Python!

(Author) I took his JavaScript 30 course ages ago so it was really cool to interview him. I didn't realise he didn't have a CS degree which is kind of nuts considering he is one of the biggest teachers of web development on the planet.

Looks interesting! Think I will experiment with this for No CS Degree

Lydia got a job as a developer aged 19 so it was fun to ask her some questions. And it turns out she isn't Swedish like everyone thinks.

Very nice! The fact you mentioned Tinder's T+C on Twitter got my attention.

Nice! Didn't realise I was no2 for this week. Awesome job!

Pieter Levels made this site like 5 years ago as well. It's good to make new things!

Uh, you are making $100 if someone commits to stop drinking and isn't able to? So you're making money from someone's addiction, you know this right?

Very cool read- I was sceptical of learning styles claims so glad I am now backed up by science!

Just had first two sales now :)

Wow, that screams gatekeepers. If you are interested in doing an interview for my blog, https://www.nocsdegree.com let me know :)

It shouldn't be but while adding jobs to the site there were tons that require a CS degree. And I know people with 13 years of experience that have been turned down for jobs due to no degree.

As someone without a CS this is reassuring.

Yeah, spot on. Thanks for providing the link.

Thanks for signing up - I hope it provides value and feel free to reply to the newsletter with your thoughts. And yes, I think it does help when people walk into an interview knowing that not having a CS degree won't make a difference.

I hope the website provides you with some value then. (A fellow Humanities grad)

Yes, take this woman with 13 years experience who got turned down for jobs over the summer for not having a degree. She has since landed a job at Webflow though. https://twitter.com/codehitchhiker/status/114577619387617690...

Obviously every company is different and I'm glad you're company doesn't screen for this. I was surprised to see JP Morgan don't, for instance.

Don't want to pile on but please put "or a great portfolio" as well.

Indeed.

Fair enough - I might roll it into my other website No CS Degree in future.

Ok, thanks for the tip!

Thanks! Oh, I thought that had been changed. Thanks for catching that!

hey, yeah that's a fair comment! So I've actually gotten to know some senior devs and CTOs from interviewing them for my other blog - https://www.nocsdegree.com - so for things like pricing I have input from them. I'll definitely prioritise talking to companies and building relationships. I've also been in contact with some bootcamps.

Yeah, that's interesting. I know a few senior people without degrees (or high school diplomas) and that chimes with what they say.

Yeah, I have to be honest. If you've taught yourself to code whilst working as a waitress you are going to be motivated like hell!

How much do you spend on recruiting? Genuine question. I was told to price it at that by someone who is a self-taught developer at a fairly small company in America and he said even that was cheap.

Exactly.

Well, you'd be surprised then. Cher Scarlett was turned down for a job this summer with 13 years experience due to not having a CS degree and I have been going through a ton of job ads the last few days so I can tell you lots of non-entry level roles still require a degree. https://twitter.com/codehitchhiker/status/114577619387617690...

I just checked - there are 7 out of 50 marked that have Senior in the title or description. Only 6 are marked as junior (I should have added more junior positions for the launch tbh)

So that leaves about 37 mid-tier positions that aren't entry level.

Hey, thanks for the nice comment - glad you love it! It's a good question but really there are lots of devs doing great now that do not have degrees. I dunno if it's ok to link here but if you check my other site https://www.nocsdegree.com there are lots of successful people there.

Yeah, that's a good point about the filter! Will change that :)