How To Become a Software Engineer Without a Degree // From Broke and Nearly Dead to 200k+

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Published 2024-02-19

I didn't take a traditional route to success in software, and I have three hot takes that I've developed after years as a senior engineer that I wish I would have known when I was first getting started.

Additionally, I combed through some data from the bootcamp I attended to get you access to useful information like average salaries, average + median time to hire, and average job hunt satisfaction so that you can enter the job hunt prepared and with reasonable expectations.

Courses and Resources Mentioned
Head First Python - www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-python/978…
Intermediate Python Course - www.udacity.com/course/intermediate-python-nanodeg…
Frontend Web Development Course - www.udacity.com/course/front-end-web-developer-nan…
Turing School of Software & Design - turing.edu/

Chapters
Intro - 00:00
Self Taught Beginnings - 01:07
First Thing I Wish I Would Have Known - 02:29
Udacity Recommendations - 03:45
Second Tip I Wish I Would Have Known - 05:29
Going to Bootcamp - 06:52
Turing School of Software & Design - 07:23
The Job Hunt - 09:09
Third Tip I Wish I Would Have Known - 10:03
How to ACTUALLY Crack the Coding Interview - 11:09
Job Outcomes (Average Salary, Average Time to Hire, etc) - 13:04
Outro - 15:07

All Comments (10)

@jacobbralish1653 3 months ago

I love this video. Great work bud.
@nicholasamurgis9074 2 months ago

Thanks for making this great video. It made more sense to me than just about any other one I’ve watched, which is quite a few 😅 Very genuine and insightful.
@clymbep3390 2 months ago

great video, it helps a lot. you have a certain similarity to Turing btw
@bidanfullko1 2 months ago

Thanks for your thoughts and story! It calmed me down a bit on the way to my career. In the end, I still only see myself in IT, but the level of competition somewhat scares me. The only thing that bothers me is not that I can't be a developer, but that I might end up being needless as a specialist.
@RickCanalOficial 1 month ago

Hi Jordan, first of all I'd like to congratulate you on your career! I'm from Brazil and my English isn't very good, but I was able to understand most of your video. I'm starting to study programming now and I'm very lost, in the sense of what to learn. You talked about starting with web development, and that's exactly what I'm doing, but I'm really interested in the back end. In my case, what would you recommend I study? HTML, CSS, JS + framework? And then learn the back end?
@chiekenwanna-nzewunwa1773 2 months ago

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@gyanaavaibhav 2 months ago

Love the video man but the audio was to low
@BsktImp 3 months ago

Glad you survived. If you had only a few dollars to your name how did you afford Maslow basics like shelter, warmth, food, clothes never mind all the other things like travel expenses, equipment, electicity, internet access, learning resources?
@user-qw4qr9yx1v 3 months ago

Btw I work with software developers that make content- one of my clients is Singh in U.S