It's really an eye-opening statement for tech roles, and how formally taught and self-taught/transferred folks can work side by side successfully.
The unique thing about tech skills is there's more than one valid way to solve a problem or do something "right". It's hard to measure that.
Not even two CS majors who may be equivalently capable (in different ways) on the outset will be identical, nor will be the outcome of how they grow their strengths and capabilities.
I look forward to HR continuing to evolve better to understand technical roles and contributions as being beyond a binary yes/no measurement.
Current hiring practices continue not to extend well from a bricks and mortar approach to a abstracted online/digital measurement.
In the meantime... knowing how to leverage and communicate your skillet in a transferable way is really what's important. There's no better way to do that than learning to write and communicate well, and better than others.
