Re: D Programmer Jobs at Sociomantic Labs

[Max Samukha]

On Friday, 6 December 2013 at 21:06:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:


Degrees help for things like immigration, where some 
bureaucratic rules must be obeyed. There may be country laws 
that prohibit certain positions without the degree. Otherwise 
they should be mostly advisory for a good company. One of the 
best engineers at Facebook doesn't have a degree and was 
homeless at hire time. He failed two of three interviews, too. 
True story.

I somewhat regret I do not have a solid formal background in a 
field involving higher math. Educating oneself on the hoof is a 
rather painful process, though it has some advantages.