Comments by "Traveller" (@traveller23e) on "Travis Media" channel.

@willneve That's my case, and tbh I haven't really had a problem with it yet. There are companies that will only hire people with a degree, but considering that it's fairly widely recognized that universities unfortunately don't do a tremendously good job of preparing software developers I figure more fool them.
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@InconspicuousChap Currently on the job hunt with roughly two and a half years professional experience (I was a hobbiest doing mostly C# for years before), It's remarkable how many companies specifically ask about your experience with a language or framework. Great at C# but they're hiring for a Java role? 0 years of experience as far as the first few interviews go. I'm not sure I've come across a single role that requested a certain level of experience in computer programming in general. I wonder if it's a reflection of more dug-in frameworks, though I'm not really sure how it was back then. Or maybe it's due to companies industrializing the recruiting process to the point where it takes a while before you get in touch with someone who knows that C and C# are in fact different.
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