A key part of growing up was being reminded over and over (and over and over and over) that you’d “never get a job if you don’t get a degree!”

And yes, a college degree is incredibly important in lots of cases. Do we want to find out our surgeon didn’t finish med school moments before they dive into our chest with a scalpel? Nope!

But considering it’s not totally implausible that your boss (or surgeon!) could be an actual robot one day, it’s safe to say the rules are changing. Not every employer is looking to check the boxes on a cookie cutter resume. In fact, your self-made chops and scrappy, driven attitude might be just what the doctor ordered for landing a tech career in 2019.

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