• TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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    7 months ago

    What about hobbyists with no “standard” corporate programming experience, but have been noodling around with PHP/C/C++ for 25 years? (I’m actually not even joking anymore lol. Never had the self-confidence to try and make it professional).

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      7 months ago

      that used to be a thing when i worked there (early 2000’s); we literally hired a guy who had no degree and his only experience was creating websites from scratch for the businesses that his rock climbing friends owned.

      i’m sure they’ve raised the barriers significantly since then.