No dev shop in their right mind will take a degree-holding idiot over a non-degree-holding code-jockey.
Oh you'd be surprised. I vividly remember interviewing somewhere that insisted that a degree in Computer Science was a requirement. I'd talked to the recruiter about this ahead of time, since I'm entirely self taught. I even did their online coding challenge.
They rejected me, because, and I quote, I didn't "comment the code enough" - my response to the recruiter? Phew, I dodged a bullet!
Later, after a promotion to being a dev manager myself, I happened to interview someone for a senior position. I genuinely wouldn't offer them a junior seat based on the things they know. But that company that refused me, was more than happy to give them a senior role.
After that, and talking to a lot of CompSci post-grads, that's now my only "knock out"... Do you have a CompSci degree? Yes? Goodbye!
Wouldn't that basically make it the same as the other company? Rejecting people based on a trivial question instead of skills? (Just from the opposite side of the spectrum)
Oh you'd be surprised. I vividly remember interviewing somewhere that insisted that a degree in Computer Science was a requirement. I'd talked to the recruiter about this ahead of time, since I'm entirely self taught. I even did their online coding challenge.
They rejected me, because, and I quote, I didn't "comment the code enough" - my response to the recruiter? Phew, I dodged a bullet!
Later, after a promotion to being a dev manager myself, I happened to interview someone for a senior position. I genuinely wouldn't offer them a junior seat based on the things they know. But that company that refused me, was more than happy to give them a senior role.
After that, and talking to a lot of CompSci post-grads, that's now my only "knock out"... Do you have a CompSci degree? Yes? Goodbye!
Wouldn't that basically make it the same as the other company? Rejecting people based on a trivial question instead of skills? (Just from the opposite side of the spectrum)
Indeed, it would!