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My career. I made it.
Edit for context: I never finished school, and as such I have no formal education in what I do. But I've always enjoyed tinkering with servers and networks. This coincidentally became highly relevant in this (seemingly very unrelated) job I had a couple of eons ago. After I quit I exaggerated that detail and used it to pretend I was a professional in my field on future job applications, and that worked out well... until one day I suddenly realized that I'm actually a professional in my field.
Today I can say that I'm good at what I do.. but it's (Mostly) a result of winging it and learning as I go.
Yeah my degree is completely unrelated to what I do now. Once that first job lets you get your foot in the door the academic credentials are typically far less relevant than work experience
Seems to me you only faked yourself and were professional all along
I can relate to this…did manufacturing and machining most of my life, 7 years ago got some electrical qualifications, a year ago I talked myself into a maintenance role. I’m inquisitive and don’t stop til I’ve got an answer, that attitude serves me well.
Same. I was surrounded by people with CS degrees and I was entirely self-taught. Had some serious Imposter Syndrome until I flipped the switch in my head. I got there without a degree. If anything, that was more impressive.