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Self Taught Coding?

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u/EggplantMiserable559 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Businesses have always hired for the same basic skillset: communication, loyalty, and potential value generation. In the current market, your coding skills are the least valuable or important thing about you. You can learn from a book or a friend or an Ivy League university and

u/michaelnovati replied ·
When experienced engineers deliver 10X the value as bootcamp grads with no experience, going from 1X to 2X won't get you a job unfortunately right now.

u/BackendSpecialist wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Look for apprenticeships. That’s the current pipeline for self taught. Microsoft leap is one of them

u/michaelnovati replied ·
This \^\^\^\^\^. Not easy but it's the most reliable path.