Ahh, join the club Sherif, I was a chemistry major and never took a single course in CS. I learnt coding from Assembly, Basic, C-Sharp, Flash/Flex and all those by myself. You can let the work speak for yourself, not your degree. I got my jobs through referrals, and I never had to submit a resume to find a job, but people found me through the work they have seen.
Yet, it might vary from culture to culture. My home country seems to have a belief in degree, but the US seems to be a lot more pragmatic. If you have good self learning skills, it is essential for you to keep yourself competitive. - Tangent From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Chotin Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] do you need CS Degree to get a job? In my opinion, a degree primarily counts if you're looking to get a job out of school when you have little to show your prospective employers. Once you've had industry jobs it's your experience that matters, not your degree. Degrees get you the interview potentially, they don't get you the job. Matt On 2/19/08 4:12 PM, "Sherif Abdou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:sherif626%40yahoo.com> > wrote: A bit off-topic but I was just wondering since i have no reminescense of this and their seems to be a lot of programmers on here I thought I would ask this question. Do you actually need some sort of CS degree or Computer Related degree to get a job say in programming Web Applications or getting a Job at Adobe or MSFT or Google. I have a degree in Molecular Biology with a Chem Minor. I am Self-Taught so let me here some stories. Thanks.
