Before becoming a software engineer at Google, Sahil Gaba, 33, was an entirely self-taught computer engineer with a mechanical-engineering background. Many new programmers who start in Gaba's shoes ...

The problem is that when someone claims to be a 'self-taught' programmer, it's hard to know whether they mean they wrote a complete 3d engine from scratch or spent a weekend tinkering with PHP on ...

Click to expand... The issue is that a test that is a good proxy for capability for someone who has gone to school may not be a good proxy for someone who is self taught. A test that is sufficiently ...

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