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by sudo_bang_bang 3735 days ago
I tried interviewing with Asana and they rejected me on the basis that I didn't have a computer science degree. For the record, I've built apps that have generated millions in revenue and I have many years of experience. If they are trying to be meritocratic and community friendly with this, they should change that aspect of their culture to reflect that.
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Can you blame them? That CS degree provides essential knowledge when it comes to solving some of the world's most complex problems: to-do lists.
I just accepted a position at Asana, and I don't have a CS degree. Are you sure you're correctly attributing your non-offer here? (Note I don't call it a failure. Hiring is a weighted RNG -- false negatives are common.)
Remember also that Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Bill Gates did not have computer science degrees. They need to keep people of that calibre out of their ranks - you know, the non achievers who don't understand computers.
Just the fact that you've built (worked on?) apps that generated millions of revenue is not a measure of compatibility/competence, nor is experience.

Might be different if they actually said they didn't want you because of a lack of CompSci degree though.