[jamesbrewer]

Note: I am self-taught.

Here is what you need to know: It doesn't matter. Most people are biased in one way or another. Stop trying to make other people happy.

The most important thing is that you have the skills to do the job required. In interviews, draw on your skills and past experiences to answers the interviewer's questions to the best of your ability. If that isn't enough, believe me, you don't want to work there anyways.

Most people are biased in one way or another. Maybe your interviewer is self-taught and maybe they aren't. Perhaps they've worked with a terrible engineer that was "self-taught" or maybe their self-taught engineer was the best thing since sliced bread. You can't pretend that this won't cost you a few job opportunities, but is that so bad? Ask yourself honestly, do you want to work with someone who doesn't think you're competent because you didn't go to Stanford?