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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

And an advice to others, go [back] to college. It's the only way to get a job these days. The days of "self-taught wiz-kid" are over.

Wut lol, definitely not. At least in tech/programming careers and it has been starting to spread to other industries (slowly, but spreading none the less). A solid project portfolio, well written resume and maybe a few applicable well chosen certifications can get you far.

I'm decently high up with the ability to hire and fire and I can tell you I def choose the self-taught person with a solid portfolio full of cool personal projects and self taught over someone just fresh out of college with the college-standard portfolio just about every time

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Would love to know what kind of cool personal projects you've seen! I'm trying to get my first job in web dev and feel like i have a hard time coming up with stuff to do for my portfolio.

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