Yes. Try to find a company that does a coding test as part of the interview. Mine has implemented that (largely at my urging), and it's been a godsend compared to who we used to hire before.
We'll regularly interview half a dozen 'programmers' with CS degrees who can't even write FizzBuzz let alone get to the real problems. How they lasted at prior jobs I'll never know. We end up hiring whoever can actually do the job, whether they're self-taught or college educated.
Yes. Try to find a company that does a coding test as part of the interview. Mine has implemented that (largely at my urging), and it's been a godsend compared to who we used to hire before.
We'll regularly interview half a dozen 'programmers' with CS degrees who can't even write FizzBuzz let alone get to the real problems. How they lasted at prior jobs I'll never know. We end up hiring whoever can actually do the job, whether they're self-taught or college educated.