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Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to get a tech job without a degree?

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> I can dedicate the requisite number of hours to a course, but not in the structure a course demands. This seems like a common situation, and I am almost surprised it is not adequately addressed yet.

I'm ready to shell out for it; I'd pay more for linear algebra than, say, a MacBook.

What doesn't work about courses that are already online and complete (say, Open Courseware, most of the Coursera stuff)? Any that do work? I run into the complement of your problem reasonably often - trying to point technical people to material to help them fill some mathsy gap they need filled for work.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to get a tech job without a degree?

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Ok, but your perception of IT as desktop support doesn't change reality.

Language is a reflection of the idea being presented. If your audience perceives IT to be desktop support, then using IT to mean desktop support is absolutely correct and does reflect reality. This is my interpretation of tptacek's comment, and from his posts afterwards it seems I am right. Other comments here are saying the same thing, that IT is a "computer janitor". This might be different in other English-speakin…

Nobody said anything about "IT guy", he said "IT". A field, not a person.
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