How much does not having a uni degree affect your job prospects?

>>59922922
In very. very general terms, not very much. Experience is worth more than a piece of paper almost all applicants will have.

If you want a particular job, think what they want, and mold yourself to fit that. Get the relevant experience, and get the relevant "when confronted with this situation, I did this" competancy question fodder. A degree is [pseudo experience and] knowledge. You can show the latter without a degree, but in some fields you might have trouble doing that.

You'll find that some people got a degree *after* they got into a job they liked, because they needed it to tick boxes for career progression. If you're inside an organisation, having done years of work for them, and you suddenly fit the bill for a higher paid job, and you apply to it, you'll get it. It's easier for them to find a replacement for the lower paid than it is for the high, and because you've worked there they feel comfortable with you.

Ask a more specific question.

>>59923157
So how do we (people without degrees) get over that initial barrier and get a job?

How do we network?

>>59923157
This is applicable to most jobs, but not all. I highly doubt any R&D division would even consider you without a diploma.

Additionally, for positions with a large number of applicants, lacking a relevant degree simply means you get filtered out in favour of the many who do have it.

So it depends. Indeed, OP should be more specific.

Can you get non-web/mobile jobs without a degree?

a lot of the time you can't make it past the resume filters and won't even be considered a candidate

OP if you want specific answers then ask a specific question, primarily what field do you want to work in. Dev or Ops?

>>59923314
>So how do we (people without degrees) get over that initial barrier and get a job?

For myself I found resources teaching what I wanted to do and ran through scenarios in my own time. This meant that during interview I could talk intelligently about the position more so that someone with only a degree.

>How do we network?

Like anyone else; go to where others in your field gather. conferences, talks, etc.