Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
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Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#2Hey, author here. You might remember me from posts such as "No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers".
I've made a job board for people without CS degrees. Since I am going to be applying for jobs soon and I am career-changer I figured I would make a solution for myself. It's really annoying to get to the end of a great looking job ad only to find they insist on a CS degree.
All of the job positions are fine with applicants being either self-taught with a good portfolio or having done a coding bootcamp. Let me know what you think!
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#3I love this, though I'd be curious to know how often developers without degrees will actually get hired (versus those with degrees).
Some really quick feedback: I think multi-tag search is a must. As an example, I typed "nyc js" and got nothing, despite there very much being plenty of jobs in NYC with JS requirements.
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#4I love this, though I'd be curious to know how often developers without degrees will actually get hired (versus those with degrees). Some really quick feedback: I think multi-tag search is a must. As an example, I typed "nyc js" and got nothing, despite there very much being plenty of jobs in NYC with JS requirements.
Hey, thanks for the nice comment - glad you love it! It's a good question but really there are lots of devs doing great now that do not have degrees. I dunno if it's ok to link here but if you check my other site https://www.nocsdegree.com there are lots of successful people there.
Yeah, that's a good point about the filter! Will change that :)
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#5This only matters for one's first job, if that. Afterwards it's irrelevant. Regardless of what the job description says, it's never mattered in my experience working at well over a dozen companies in the last twelve years or so.
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#6This only matters for one's first job, if that. Afterwards it's irrelevant. Regardless of what the job description says, it's never mattered in my experience working at well over a dozen companies in the last twelve years or so.
I had the same experience, but I did see quite a few positions in the list that were catered towards juniors or entry level positions so it seems like it would still be really helpful for some people.
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#7This only matters for one's first job, if that. Afterwards it's irrelevant. Regardless of what the job description says, it's never mattered in my experience working at well over a dozen companies in the last twelve years or so.
This has been my experience as well. I've also applied for job listings that required a degree and still interviewed (and received offers).
I think the degree requirement is often interchangeable with professional experience.
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#8How many of the job listings are above entry level positions?
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#9How many of the job listings are above entry level positions?
I just checked - there are 7 out of 50 marked that have Senior in the title or description. Only 6 are marked as junior (I should have added more junior positions for the launch tbh)
So that leaves about 37 mid-tier positions that aren't entry level.
Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees
#10This only matters for one's first job, if that. Afterwards it's irrelevant. Regardless of what the job description says, it's never mattered in my experience working at well over a dozen companies in the last twelve years or so.
How many companies that got your resume didn’t interview you? How many companies did you interview with but not get hired? Of those companies you worked for, what was your total compensation vs. your coworkers who had degrees?