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[_vbnz]

With 23 years in industry, you were joining back when CS degrees were less common.

This is like the "boomer handshake" meme. Nowadays you need a degree.

[AussieWog93 → _vbnz]

I used to work with a guy who dropped out of a gamedev course at a second-tier university. Graduate SWE at a respectable/selective company and all.

Admittedly, this was at a company with about 500 employees and 1 part-time HR person (who quit 6 months later and wasn't replaced).

[pageandrew → _vbnz]

I started in the industry 7 years ago without a degree and am doing well.

[iser → _vbnz]

do you think it's possible to work at companies like amazon and google without a degree at all?

[richardwhiuk → iser]

Sure, Amazon has jobs in it's warehouses :p

[pageandrew → iser]

Yes, I know a number of people who have

[imwillofficial → iser]

I do