Two out of three developers are self-taught and other trends

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They are misinterpreting the results. Everyone I know who has a degree in computer science and is good at it is still self-taught.

"Self-taught developers dominate technology: 69% of the developers who responded to the survey are at least partly self-taught, and fewer than half hold a formal degree in computer science."

It's fascinating to read this article on annual StackOverflow developer survey [0] then compare it to this article on SV wanting devs with degrees. [1] SV requires a very narrow skill set compared to the rest of the world.

[0] Direct link to the survey from the article ~ http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#work

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11393671

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