[vlovich123]

As others have said, lots of really good SWE people started out with degrees in other things. I’d normally say finish your degree because in the short term it’ll be easier than having to explain things in every interview and open doors to larger places that don’t care about explanations. Longer term it can matter less by making sure to build up a portfolio of successful projects and keep learning.

On the other hand, the situation right now changes things and I can’t in good conscious recommend that to someone in your position. It’s a weighty decision and you have to make it based on what you think is right for you.

If you’re interested in working on Cloudflare on R2 (which is my team), Workers (my org) or anything else, shoot me an email at my HN username without 123 (vlovich) at cloudflare.com.

Edit: also feel free to reach out and I can share my personal email if you want to just chat more generally. My family escaped Russia in the 90s.