# Realistic? Getting a Design Job without Degree

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/realistic-getting-a-design-job-without-degree/178642
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**Created:** [February 13, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/realistic-getting-a-design-job-without-degree/178642 "2006-02-13T01:03:55Z")
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### Author: ![intrudah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/898d66/32.png) [@intrudah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/intrudah)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/realistic-getting-a-design-job-without-degree/178642/1 "2006-02-13T01:03:55Z")

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I just finished a semester of college in business and I decided it wasn’t something I wanted to continue.

My question, is it difficult to get a full-time job as a web developer without a degree?

Qualifications…  
I have 1 yr experiance as a developer w/ a small design firm  
Age: 18 Location: Toronto  
Knowlegde: XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, some XML/JS  
Sites: 12 designed and mostly maintenance work  
My [portfolio](http://alltechservices.ca/lifted/) will be done soon.