Programming Without a Degree: 5 Ways to Maximize Job Search Performance by Managing Appearance
Getting a programming job without college is hard. This video gives you an unfair advantage. Learn how to leverage employer bias in your favor as a job search candidate.
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00:00 - Can you get a programming role without a degree?
00:54 - Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2017 vs 2023
01:30 - The Bell Curve for Candidate Skill and Employer Risk Aversion
02:01 - What does the college degree signal?
03:14 - Two employer biases that candidates can leverage
03:59 - Five ways to make a good first impression to employers
05:25 - Networking scripts and etiquette
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Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023:
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2017:
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017
Conformity and Soft Skills as Determinants of Alternatively Credentialed Non-College Graduate Hireability:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3829269