Self-Taught People Entering Tech
- Customer
- A career changer, self-taught, without a degree in the field
- Context
- Learning a trade whose hiring bar is still written for degree holders
The Jobs of someone who has learned enough to do the work and not enough to pass the hiring gate.
5 Jobs
- 01When I study on my own, I want to know when I have learned enough to work, so I do not keep studying without ever applying.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
- 02When I must solve an algorithm on a whiteboard in forty-five minutes, I want to pass that round, so I am not cut by a test unlike the actual work.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
- 03When I have just joined an engineering team, I want to keep up in the first months, so I am not written off as a bad hire.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
- 04When every technology has someone calling it essential, I want to pick a direction, so I do not learn scattered pieces and master none.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
- 05When nobody grades me and nobody waits for my work, I want to hold a study rhythm, so I do not stop in month four like most people.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
The four perspectives are for Pro Members
The Job statements in this Set are open to everyone. Pains, Desired Outcomes, Existing Solutions and Opportunity Gaps live inside the community, for Pro Members.
See Pro Member