[bl4ckm0r3]

There definitely is a bias in the industry that we should work to remove.

> couldn't land a job as an engineer in one of the large tech companies without a degree or significant experience.

I have seen and met people that prove the opposite. But yeah every generalization has intrinsic errors.

The number of people trying to change career through bootcamp is insanely huge, I think they aren't good enough to qualify people (compared to university or relevant experience) and I think it shows. If you see the stats, around 40% of people that do bootcamps are female (despite the much lower number in the industry), and I am sure part of them lands jobs (I have interviewed a lot, and have seen some of them land job in the big companies) and have a hard time getting at the same level of degree/experienced people.

I think for a big company (with the huge amount of female they need to fill the gap) it's safer to hire, and invest in formation than find a good experienced female engineer (which honestly are a bit rare...since the industry forgot about them for about 20 years).