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I love this, though I'd be curious to know how often developers without degrees will actually get hired (versus those with degrees).

Some really quick feedback: I think multi-tag search is a must. As an example, I typed "nyc js" and got nothing, despite there very much being plenty of jobs in NYC with JS requirements.

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Experience of the dozens of devs I know with no degree is that if you can manage to get 3 years of experience under your belt you're golden.

That's not to say there aren't doors that are closed to you, but by and large the industry just doesn't care.

The better you are, the truer this becomes. I know a highschool dropout I'd consider at least a 95th percentile developer, he turns down offers for work on a regular basis.

Hey, thanks for the nice comment - glad you love it! It's a good question but really there are lots of devs doing great now that do not have degrees. I dunno if it's ok to link here but if you check my other site https://www.nocsdegree.com there are lots of successful people there.

Yeah, that's a good point about the filter! Will change that :)

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