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In my experience, degree means almost nothing. Having a background in CS or software engineering will no doubt help, but means virtually nothing on its own.
I'd focus on showing your worth by building up a solid portfolio, which demonstrates what you can do for your employer.
Don't forget that your employer only really care about your output, which should be higher than your income.
Good luck -
It really is a shitty position since there are a lot of people with amazing skills that are overlooked because of the lack of formal education. Think of it this way, once you get the degree you will be one of the few graduates that actually knows what they are doing. :) a self thaught developer is great....but a self thaught developer with a degree well...that is something even better.
Everytime I consult with senior devs on how to transition from my sysadmin job and get my first dev job they always tell me to get a CS degree.
Look. I will get that fucking degree eventually. But I want to build up dev skills and learn from a company before killing myself over math crap for 3 years. But it's like a vicious cycle. Every junior position I apply to rejects me because I have no degree.
I'm fucking frustrated and depressed.
What should I do? I want to break from the IT meme and get a dev job.
In the meantime I'm doing small projects and freelancing in my very little free time. But I feel I'll never truly be a developer until I work as one professionally.
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math sucks
vicious circle
depression
degree matters?
frustrated