<p>You know what sakky, something just occurred to me - time marches on, and the decades are adding up. Although I’ve met these degree-less former Microsoft developers/offerees throughout my career, including recently, none of them are new stories. Now that I do the math, my most recent example would have probably been a Microsoft hire in the mid 90’s, not too far removed from the original culture. So perhaps what I think of as a common story might actually be only the traditional Microsoft story. The most likely places for a CS hire without a degree would certainly be in the smaller companies.</p>