Ask HN: Would you hire me?

50 points

13 years ago

I'm asking this on behalf of all those who don't come from a programming background. I often hear you don't need a CS degree to land a job as a developer. This isn't about me specifically, but anyone in a similar situation.

My background and a couple relevant links:

-28 years old with a Finance Degree from a non-Ivy league school

-Spent the last two years living overseas teaching English and learning to code

-Fairly well versed in html, css, javascript, and PHP

-Just getting started with Ruby

blog: http://fajitanachos.com

github: https://github.com/fajitanachos

stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/1180335/fajitanachos

Would you hire me (or anyone with similar credentials) for a junior dev position?

Also, I wanted to make this a poll but my karma isn't high enough. A simple yes/no would be appreciated.

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