degrees

Some poor sod gets to sit under the vent with a chill factor of 40 degrees.

If a company can't judge competence, they just look for degrees and get shitty employees.

These are people who have contracted at big name places, with 10+ years of experience, with CS degrees, H1-B and non-H1-B.

I also work with a lot of non-career programmers, none of which have Ivy degrees (nor do I).

There's just varying degrees of completely exposed to sort of in the shadows.

The developers we hire in their 40s don't all have degrees, but what they do have is relevant experience.

Are there people without there with that quality that don't have degrees?

Men tend to prefer 70 degrees and women tend to prefer 75.

Fear and self-doubt are the only reasons that anyone requires unrelated degrees.

When I hear developers with degrees complaining about how hard it is to find work these days I'm completely baffled.

Evidenced by the fact that there exist great developers without degrees.

And virtually nowhere cares about degrees, especially for experienced devs.

Degrees only matter for "serious companies" and are used as a filter by often clueless HR employees without technical background.

The article reads like the majority of employees are men, making 70 degrees optimal for maximum employee happiness, but "just leave things as they are" doesn't seem to be the solution the article is driving at, either.

Degrees were an issue but he said he could place people with two year degrees.

Degrees/ credentials can create these terrible comfort bubbles that prevent programmers from actually diving in & being productive.

Degrees are no guarantee, but that’s how it rolls.