3 Things To Do When You Don’t Have a Computer Science Degree

The answer is not necessarily “go get one”.

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So, you want to get a job in a computer-related field — perhaps as a software engineer. There’s just one problem: you don’t have a degree. Or, you do have a degree, but it’s not in computer science.

Two things come to your mind:

• Get a computer science degree.
• Find another thing to be passionate about.

While a computer science degree can be valuable, it doesn’t have to (and probably won’t be) the deciding factor in whether you end up with a job that you love.

If you are looking for a software engineering job, but you don’t have a degree in computer science, you should:

1. Find other ways to demonstrate your expertise.
2. Network, network, network.
3. Practice for white board interviews (or other types of technical interviews) as if your life depended on it.

Find other ways to demonstrate your expertise.

It’s 2019. There are a lot of ways to show that you know what you say you know.