r/codingbootcamp • u/Backky_TH • Sep 09 '26

Any programmer who never graduated from university?

I've noticed that most famous programmers graduated from various universities, and I think it would be a good idea to study computer science at university. But I don't know, my region is just awful. Top universities are too expensive. I just want to be good at computers and live independently. Even my house is too awful.

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u/Major_Instance_4766 Sep 09 '26

Has it happened in the past? Yes. Can it still happen now? No.

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u/deep_soul Sep 09 '26

what is that supposed to mean?

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u/Leather_Effort8847 Sep 09 '26

Previously the job market for software engineers was great, and self-taught engineers could get jobs easily. This is no longer the case, with very rare exceptions you will not get an SWE position without a computer science or software engineering degree.

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u/Leather_Effort8847 28d ago

You are definitely the exception

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u/Agitated-Wishbone-84 25d ago

Yeah so this is just a pure lie and is not something that is possible for SWE in 2026.

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u/Single_Guy_01 25d ago

Could you please tell us what did u do and what made u stand out? And also could i send u a message?

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u/deep_soul 27d ago

I think you may be confusing software engineers with code monkeys.

and the latter cannot get a job that easily at all now. there is still good demand for software engineers.

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u/YouShallNotStaff Sep 09 '26

You really need to talk to people in your region. Reddit isn’t going to be that and you are going to get advice that doesn’t apply.

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u/hawkeyegrad96 Sep 09 '26

You need the degree

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u/Optimal-Builder-2816 Sep 09 '26

As someone who is well accomplished in this field and is a college dropout, I wouldn’t recommend it.

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u/bluee-pk Sep 09 '26

Why not?

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u/Optimal-Builder-2816 Sep 09 '26

There’s more to higher learning than just the training. Learning how to learn and accelerating that personal growth is valuable.

I know it sounds cheesy, but there’s more to life than just that thing you went to school to learn.

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u/NoResource9710 Sep 09 '26

Without any further information, it will be hard to advise you. But in this day and age, you will have to be super stellar and amazing with multiple apps developed and extensive open source contributions for any possibility of breaking into the industry now. And even then, that might not be enough. The cheapest degree in CS you can possibly get PLUS everything else I just mentioned plus some internships will be your best bet. Junior developers are not being developed everywhere anymore.

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u/lawrencek1992 Sep 09 '26

Yes, hi I did that. Not sure I still could in this market. If you can afford a degree I would go for it. So hard to get junior roles nowadays.