If you're a skilled Java/Spring or JavaScript developer, I know of several openings at a respected company in the South SF Bay Area where those involved in hiring don't care about your lack of a degree as long as you're reasonably good. I am omitting the name of the company because this isn't an official message. This is just me, a frequent HN reader, reaching out to other HN readers. Please be willing to relocate to the South SF Bay Area and currently be living somewhere in the United States.

I say reasonably because I don't want to scare anybody off unnecessarily. Trust me, if you're reading Hacker News, you're probably better than 95% of the shockingly unskilled people who we phone screen on a regular basis. I'd be happy to have a quick conversation with you to get a general idea of your skill level, at which point I can recommend you be brought in for an interview.

I know there's a regular "Who's Hiring" thread, but I think the semi-unique nature of this opportunity is reasonably worthy of posting separately. Startups often don't care about education, but unless you have many years of experience or wrote a book, big companies often do. In fact some of these openings officially require a Master's degree.

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