I don't have a degree, but I still got the first job I ever applied to (as a full-time BI dev, not internship). I was lucky that they had an entrance "exam" that I could use to prove my capability.
The entrance "exam" looked like this: they asked me what programming languages I knew. I answered Python, C, awk. They said ok, then here are 3 simple tasks, do these in either Clojure or Elixir, get back to us when you are ready. I submitted my answers in 72 hours, talked my way through them on the interview and basically that was it.
The whole point of this was (I guess) to measure how quickly can I learn new things (functional languages need a different mindset than imperative languages).
Now I'm focusing on doing side projects that I can put on my webpage and resume, right next to the work experience.
I don't have a degree, but I still got the first job I ever applied to (as a full-time BI dev, not internship). I was lucky that they had an entrance "exam" that I could use to prove my capability.
The entrance "exam" looked like this: they asked me what programming languages I knew. I answered Python, C, awk. They said ok, then here are 3 simple tasks, do these in either Clojure or Elixir, get back to us when you are ready. I submitted my answers in 72 hours, talked my way through them on the interview and basically that was it.
The whole point of this was (I guess) to measure how quickly can I learn new things (functional languages need a different mindset than imperative languages).
Now I'm focusing on doing side projects that I can put on my webpage and resume, right next to the work experience.