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by pandesal 1816 days ago
Not a single interview? That’s got to be a incredible amount bad luck because it’s a pretty hot market right now for SWE.

Like I’m a high school dropout who also doesn’t have an active online portfolio and I currently work as a SWE at a tech company but I’m on a search for a new remote role in the last month or so and have done multiple interviews for remote roles. Even FAANG recruiters have reached out for interviews. A lot of job postings don’t even list a degree as a requirement or nice-to-have.

Are you only missing a degree when you look at job postings? Because while I do think there are companies who filter out candidates who don’t have degrees, I don’t believe that it’s a hard barrier nowadays to not even get a single interview.

If you’re missing all of the requirements how do you know you can do better than most of the folks who have the role? Seems odd to bring down the folks who have the roles you’re trying to get

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Would you mind sharing an email/point of contact so I can ask for some tips?