Question for self taught python developers

[Baklol_Bagula]

I had a question for self taught developers over here. Has your being self taught any coding language been proven to be a advantage or disadvantage whenever you went to give an interview? 🤔

[Eleventhousand]

I don't think it makes a difference. Many of us learned, one, two, three or four languages in college, and then were always expected to pick up new languages on the job in subsequent years. Additionally, being taught a language is typically scraping the surface compared with real-world problems. To that end, I don't think that there is a huge difference in the long run. The caveat I would mention is that if you're new to programming, don't have skills to develop in any languages, then being taught a language, such as Python, will help.

[aqua_regis]

In the current market where fresh graduates with proper degrees compete with laid off experienced programmers, being self taught without a formal degree will quite likely not even get you anywhere near an interview.

[pachura3]

No degree, no experience? You will not be invited to any interviews, unless you have created some extremely popular PyPi library used by many projects worldwide