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Google, Apple and others no longer require employees to have a college degree
- ddingus 8y agoGood. One is not always required. Given the current cost and state of education, it is rational to expect people to persue alternatives.
- otherworld 8y agoGood grief. This comment is its own rebuttal.
- technofiend 8y agoLol. I've known plenty of well-educated engineers who couldn't spell worth a damn.
- ddingus 8y agoI use mobile a lot. Voice to text very frequently. Having conversations here, elsewhere, is not worth the same level of investment as other writing can be. In casual conversation, content, the ideas, intent are primary. Those have very high value. Minor gaffes, grammar and other bits? Near zero. Not everyone can roll that way. Oh well. I won't tell anyone what to do, but will suggest the idea of taking conversational writing differently than formal writing will yield dividends. Has for me. In this case, a greater cost is now present in the form of a meta discussion that does not add any real value otherwise. Inefficient, and can be offputting. I advise you to take care, and take it easy where you can. Bet your ass I am. ;D
- spankalee 8y agoI'm pretty sure that Google never did. Disclaimer: I work for Google and have had coworkers without degrees.
- xenadu02 8y agoNeither has Apple, so I don't know what this story is going on about.
- solidsnack9000 8y agoThe web form to apply used to require it (2008, if I remember correctly). Of course, there are people who got in without having to go through the front door like that.
- gonyea 8y agoMore than 1 in 10, iirc.
- guitarbill 8y agonow if we can make hiring questions based on e.g. engineering or user experience and not "did you study CS?" or "can you remember algos?", maybe we can get somewhere towards building interesting and diverse teams instead of the usual overengineered codebase and underdeveloped everything else (processes, UX, accessibility, customer interactions, monitoring/metrics).
- ryanmarsh 8y agoNice to know. Although I don’t think this increases my chances much of getting hired. I failed my Facebook interview pretty miserably.
- autokad 8y agokeep trying, especially other companies
- ryanmarsh 8y agoThanks!
- akhilcacharya 8y agoIt’s all a matter of practice. (I say this without ever passing one)
- androidgirl 8y agoAh, that's good. I have a degree in an unrelated field and it's nice to know there isn't a true cap to self-taught development. Still, going back to school for CS is on my "someday" list.
- gremlinsinc 8y agoUm...some of these jobs... how the hell do you become a Pharmacist..without a college degree? I didn't know you could become a self-taught pharmacist...