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Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by zig »

For people nearing the end of high-school, please go to college.

I don't have a degree and have been extremely lucky; I managed to get into middle-management and have been successful.

The problem is that I'm not as "portable" as I would be with a degree - in other words, a layoff or termination could put my lifestyle in jeopardy. As such, I am going back to school at 29.

Get it over with :)

Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by cryptojuice »

midniteslayr wrote: post #2

As a self-taught developer who has had serious success without a college degree, I'm curious. But, why are there only Canadian companies?

Also a self-taught developer here. I'm not sure how old you are, but do you worry about how not having a degree might affect your chances of finding work later in your career?

Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by sdybskiy »

midniteslayr wrote: post #2

As a self-taught developer who has had serious success without a college degree, I'm curious. But, why are there only Canadian companies?

As a fellow self-taught developer, I agree. We see the need for showing possibilities that exist without a degree. As for Canadian companies? We’re in Canada and started with the big guys in our own backyard. However, career search can be done on any path for users in pretty much any location. American companies will be added soon with better localization.

Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by multiplegeorges »

Nice looking site.

What did doing this in Meteor get you? Why did you go with a framework that focuses primarily on real-time interactions/data streaming?

It seems to me this could easily be a Rails app with some simple Angular components for the Filter Career Paths bit. But, perhaps this betrays my ignorance of the versatility of Meteor...

Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by profinger »

cryptojuice wrote: post #4
midniteslayr wrote: post #2

As a self-taught developer who has had serious success without a college degree, I'm curious. But, why are there only Canadian companies?

Also a self-taught developer here. I'm not sure how old you are, but do you worry about how not having a degree might affect your chances of finding work later in your career?

I always assumed that experience outweighed degrees at a certain point. At say, 40, what would a degree from 15 years ago matter?

Re: Show HN: Careers for people not going to college, built with Meteor

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Post by sdybskiy »

multiplegeorges wrote: post #7

Nice looking site. What did doing this in Meteor get you? Why did you go with a framework that focuses primarily on real-time interactions/data streaming? It seems to me this could easily be a Rails app with some simple Angular components for the Filter Career Paths bit. But, perhaps this betrays my ignorance of the versatility of Meteor...

Thanks for the feedback! Me being a 21 year old developer who didn't have his hands in the mud when all the big guys were in play (Rails, Django, etc), I went for a new framework like Meteor to see where my self-learning abilities can benefit me. So far it's been great in terms of the speed we can develop at and the transparency between front end and back-end (no missed import calls anywhere to crash the app). Meteor, to early adopters, and people who haven't played around with it too much, who also have a rich background in other frameworks, might seem like not the go-to but for us it's been great so far.
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