> Moore, who learned how to code by taking online classes, says not having a college degree didn’t stop him from finding work six years ago.
> Myron Lucan, a 31-year-old in Dallas, recently went to coding school
> nontechnical workers in the industry, including marketing, human resources and recruiters, have been laid off multiple times
THIS is the issue. If you have a CS degree (EDIT: And Experience, internship or FT), you will find some job.
If you went to a coding bootcamp, are a self taught programmer, and/or are working in a non-technical role you don't have an edge compared to the multiple recent and mid-career graduates who have the same experience AND a college degree.
I've been frank about this multiple times - if you don't have fundamental skills and knowledge in Algorithms and Systems (an actual Data Structures, Algorithms, and OS class), no offense but you are just a script monkey.
As a hiring manager, I pay the big bucks for demonstrated domain experience AND critical thinking skills. If I need boilerplate code EPAM and TCS (and in 10 years AI-driven code generation platforms) can do that for me.