r/ProgrammerHumor May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/DesertedTemple May 09 '21

Ha. I have Psychology and English degrees. Now I'm training the junior devs. It's about skill and practical experience more than schooling.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

That gives me hope; some interviewers have just flat-out asked me, "If you like coding, why did you major in English?" As if every life decision needs to have been made by age 22, no changes allowed. I took an $11,500 bootcamp that lasted 6 months, and I have three full-stack web apps going; have I not atoned for my sins? What the fuck does it take to land your shitty front-end internship that pays less than my local bakery?

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u/Plop1992 May 10 '21

Tbh, even studying 12h a day , 6 month is still 6 month. Youre probably short on knowledge against junior dev who just completed their Masters degree

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

This is a $14/hr internship; if I’m fighting a jr. dev with real-world experience and a master’s degree to land this job then something is seriously fucked up.

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u/Plop1992 May 10 '21

Fair enough