You won't even get a reply (from employers where folks want to work), such as Netflix, SpaceX, JPL, most other BigTech without a CS/IT/EE degree. Resume goes straight to /dev/null.
Basically anywhere where you have to compete with a lot of people, it is the first filter to cut the stack from 100 to 50.
I’m an engineering manager at Netflix and this isn’t true. I’m really proud of the fact that a lot of colleagues come from so many different backgrounds.
I’ve seen data scientists from political science backgrounds, UI engineers who studied literature and philosophy, and I have a CS degree myself, but I’m originally from the bioinformatics space.
Never received a reply from the Hollywood office, over the span of three to five years, despite 20 years of VFX and internet co experience. Others have said the same.
Now, networking is a thing of course. Many people get in that way, but for J. Random Applicant reading this, not an option.
Yes, they are close by. JPL app was rejected within 5 minutes. Grapevine tells me they discourage talking to folks with "just a" Bachelor's these days.
Basically anywhere where you have to compete with a lot of people, it is the first filter to cut the stack from 100 to 50.