How do self-taught developers actually get jobs? - Quora

Answer: I recruited a self-taught programmer a few years back.​ I knew him onli.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest How do self-taught developers actually get jobs? David Christensen 646 votes I recruited a self-taught programmer a few years back. I knew him online because we both flew the same online simulator game (Falcon 4). He knew I was in software, I knew h... Read More » What are some things that middle-class people believe that wealthier people do not? Amy Hayes 747 votes This chart is from A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne. I think it's super interesting because it shows how people from different social environments think ... Read More » What are the key things the US Government needs to do to become better at innovation, and improving itself? Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader and Congressman (R-CA), U.S. House of Representatives 37 votes When one looks at the federal bureaucracy, it's like looking into a time capsule on how things used to run. Many federal agencies and programs are wasting resources on lega...  Read More » How do Oxford and Cambridge compare to Harvard and Stanford? Jason Eisner, computer science professor at Johns Hopkins 550 votes I did undergrad degrees in different fields at both Harvard (1986-1990) and Cambridge (1991-1993), thanks to a traveling fellowship. Both places have serious academics and... Read More » Google: Do I need to quit Google? Dima Korolev 236 votes Good chance. The number one piece of wisdom virtually all engineers who quit Google agree on is: "I should have left earlier." On the other hand, if Google is still teaching ...  Read More » What is it like to be a trained martial artist and have an untrained person on the street want to fight you? Edward Moseley, Biochemist (Virology & Vaccinology), Data Scientist (Medicine) 830 votes It stinks. Honestly, it still stinks really bad. (This is me, on the left, in 2007 in a submission grappling tournament-- Dragon's Lair XIII, 145lbs, Intermediate division... Read More » What time does Mark Zuckerberg go to bed? Sean Dean, Bridge designer | Author of topcatflaps-co-uk 229 votes Mark Zuckerberg famous sleeps very little and is a bit of a night owl. When he was programming about 10 years ago, he would keep 'programming hours' and stay up until 6 am ...  Read More » Am I wrong to think that programmers are overpaid? Mike Lee 226 votes I work a full 8 hours or 12 hours per day, and constantly thinking for those hours. And I have to learn new things every 3 to 5 years, AngularJS, ReactJS, Bootstrap, NodeJ...  Read More » Is getting an engineering degree worth it? Tom Stagliano, Senior Aerospace Engineer (studied at MIT) 219 votes I have three degrees in engineering from MIT: SB, SM, and EAA I made enough money working part-time for 18 months at McDonald's in high school to pay my entire freshman ye... Read More » What were moments in life when one couldn't help but think, "I am so f**ked."? Steve Taylor, C++ programmer for 17 years, medieval martial artist, chess player and RPG fan! 324 votes One time: Walking home from a nightclub one night there were 4 guys walking the same way about 20 yards in front of me. It is one long road so there was no turning to go do...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.