Thanks for sharing, Carsten! I'm keen to hear more stories from Germany as we live in such a qualification-obsessed country — it is indeed disheartening when you read "ein abgeschlosses Studium in Informatik" in job requirements.
I also consider myself self-taught, as I did a lot of studying and building/deploying projects by myself in my free time before using my education budget to do a 3-month Python course. But that was more to make sure I'd had exposure to certain concepts before they offered me a spot in the dev team.
If you're in a similar position and working an "office" type of job, my advice would be to see what kind of options your current company offers. This could be:
a course they'll help pay for
thinking about ways your current role is connected to web/software development — it might be closer than you think
telling the tech lead (or whoever) about your interest, personal projects, etc., and seeing if there's any way you can get involved without giving up your current role (yet!)
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Thanks for sharing, Carsten! I'm keen to hear more stories from Germany as we live in such a qualification-obsessed country — it is indeed disheartening when you read "ein abgeschlosses Studium in Informatik" in job requirements.
I also consider myself self-taught, as I did a lot of studying and building/deploying projects by myself in my free time before using my education budget to do a 3-month Python course. But that was more to make sure I'd had exposure to certain concepts before they offered me a spot in the dev team.
If you're in a similar position and working an "office" type of job, my advice would be to see what kind of options your current company offers. This could be: