[bjourne]

If you don't have a degree, then you will have to prove yourself through your work. Which you already have understood, which is smart.

I've looked through your projects specifically https://github.com/taurenk/PinPointGeocoder and it is decent code but not good enough, if these are the only projects you can show. The code has many newbie smells such as bare except clauses, faux modularization (the RegexLib class) and methods that are to long and to complicated. I think you need much more practice. In a few months, you can revisit the old projects you wrote and see how much better you can code them then.

What you've written in only 8 months is impressive (I wasn't very good after 8 months), but it's not there yet. If you go at it at 8 more months then I think you would make an excellent hire.

[taurenk]

Thanks for advice! I'll admit I definitely need to refine my engineering skills. Using proper exceptions and writing better methods are something I have been trying to improve.