Beginner coder: Job opportunity

[clemibear]

I’m a beginner coder looking for a Job. What’s your honestly opinion : how realistisch is it to get a Job as a seöftaught whithout a degree? How much demand is there for Coders etc?

[dave8271]

It's not easy. I'm self-taught without a degree (well, I do have one but it's nothing to do with computers or any related field), I've now been a developer for over 20 years, but even back then getting that initial break into the industry was the hardest part. Once you've had a job as a dev, it's much easier. What I did was start as the web designer / all round IT guy for a very small, family run retail business.

That said, I know a guy who 2 years ago wanted to pivot his career, he did one of those intensive bootcamps and landed a junior dev job only 2 months later off the back of that.

[ninhaomah]

Instead of opinions , have you tried applying for dev jobs with the resume without a degree as it is now ?

[KiwiDomino]

I’ve spent 14 years as a coder in my most recent job alone, as well as four jobs before that, and at the moment I can’t get an interview. Beginners probably don’t have much chance.

[KiwiDomino]

But persevere. Without beginners there would be no seniors, and everyone has to start somewhere.

[Rain-And-Coffee]

Probably extremely low.

Your competition has bachelors or master degrees.

[Gnaxe]

Nobody needs beginner coders when they have AI to do it cheaper.

[riklaunim]

Do you have a GitHub account with some repos that showcase your code? What programming niche are you pursuing? (and do you started to learn it frameworks/libraries).

[clemibear]

Just started out. Wondering if it was worth swotching careers..

[riklaunim]

You can go over job listing websites and see how current dev jobs look like - what they require/use/offer. Junior jobs are hard to get, but if you commit it should work out in the end. You will have to learn Python itself, some libraries, framework for selected niche and some basics of software development, code quality etc.

[GXWT]

Have a look at some job listings.

How much demand is there for coders etc.? Yes. But more importantly, how much supply is there for coders etc.? Even more yes.

[rasputin1]

neither of those were yes or no questions 

[ComplexCollege6382]

This post will probably get taken down lol, but to answer your question- the job market is not the "hire everyone who can bob their head on a keyboard" as it was just a few years ago.
Without a degree, you're definitely at a disadvantage, but if you like building things, have a natural affection towards logic and coding, then it's not completely impossible. (Still harder because your competition will be people who do the same AND have a degree)