[brewerhimself]

SevOne's careers page says that a Bachelor's degree is a requirement. How strict is SevOne (or any other company, for that matter) on this requirement? Do you know of any software engineers that don't have a degree?

[jasonlotito]

> SevOne's careers page says that a Bachelor's degree is a requirement

Don't let this stop you. Every. If you honestly think you have the skills for the job after reading the description, seek it out. Let them determine if you are right for the position.

Don't be the no in your life.

[brewerhimself]

> Don't be the no in your life.

I feel like this is from the movie Yes, Man! That aside, I take your advice to heart. I don't want to be the no in my life. :)

[jasonlotito]

It's not. At least, I've never seen the movie. I forgot where I heard that. So I googled it.

In a search looking for that exact quote, I came up with only a few links. All from either comments I made previously or a blog post.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2504632

That was where I originally used it.

I was proud of it, mostly because it was short and to the point. I'm usually not short and to the point.

Anyways, in writing about this on my blog, I had a wonderful surprise happen.

http://www.jasonlotito.com/advice/sometimes-i-amaze-myself/

From his LinkedIn profile, I take it he never got/took the job. But, he seems to be doing well.

But yeah, I think it's good advice.

[hluska]

> Don't be the no in your life.

That's some wonderful advice - thanks for sharing!

[wyclif]

Loads of software engineers don't have a degree.

[nayden]

true. you don't need a degree to be an excellent software engineer, but you do need to understand CS fundamentals. although not a guarantee a degree helps you learn them, but if you're smart there's no obstacle of learning them on your own.

[dkhenry]

there are lots of engineers who are at SevOne that don't have degrees. Send me an E-mail and we can talk about it. we are always looking for talent regardless of their background.