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Ahmed Hussein
Ahmed Hussein

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how hard is it gonna be for me to land a software engineer position without a degree ??

i really wanna know if it's even possible and how to be on the same level as the cs graduates

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James Vanderpump

Impossible to say, it depends on where you apply. I guess the big players may have hard requirements for a CS degree. Startups may not. If you convince your employer you are good I don't think it should be a barrier. If you have a successful project you can show, that will help a lot.

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Ahmed Hussein

thanks that helped a lot

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Jon Randy πŸŽ–οΈ • Edited

Not impossible at all. Most of the best devs I've hired don't have CS degrees... or even ANY degrees. If the hirers know what they're doing, they'll pick somebody who can do the job - regardless of expensive bits of paper.

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Ahmed Hussein

releiving to hear
thanks <3

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Joe Mainwaring

You don’t need a degree for a good majority of developer roles, but you’ll need experience or a bootcamp certificate to demonstrate you have the fundamentals.

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Ahmed Hussein

got it <3