[awalton]

Because, of course, your experiences are universal to all of humanity.

My own personal anecdotal evidence is contrary; I had to get a college degree before anyone would give me so much as a callback (and the one time I got more than that, it ended with a pathetic offer - with the justification given that "You don't have a college degree"). All of this despite having years of proven open source contributions.

[rifung]

> All of this despite having years of proven open source contributions.

I wonder how experience in open source maps to professional experience. My impression is that employers seem to value professional experience much more.

I've had a similar experience to you in terms of not having a college degree, but after I worked for a few years employers stopped caring.

[aarongough]

I think it's fairly obvious that I didn't mean this situation would apply to everyone, I just wanted to supply another view/data-point.

Out of curiosity, what does your github look like? I know you said you have a lot of open source contributions, but what about personal projects on your github?