Many employers seem to want people who have a traditional college degree. What is the solution?

[JonathanMcCormickJr]

Traditional industries

These tend to have a lot of dogma over what they are looking for in a job candidate. The Computer Science field may not be as old as farming, but it is still several hundred years old (if you count Blaise Pascal's ~1642 mechanical counter).

Regardless of prevailing dogma, I suspect that the right people will be open-minded enough to let my OSSP-CS education speak for itself.

This may not be as sure a bet compared to if I had a formal CS degree, but demonstrating competence equivalent or greater than a CS grad will open doors with the right people IMHO.

Newer industries that rely on CS

These tend to have more open-minded HR people in my experience.

Examples: crypto+blockchain, NFTs, social media, etc.

[JonathanMcCormickJr]

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