I would also like to add that for the "bullet point" part of the work experience I think it would help if developers would actually write more and do some kind of journaling on the features/bug fixes they did while working on the various work projects. You could read the entries later and filter out the most specific and interesting ones to highlight in the CV and in your interviews. Disclaimer: I still don't do this 😂 (but I see the need as I forget a lot of things I've done in the past)

the order in which they are listed is the most logical one.. everything builds on top of the previous thing imo :)

1. Skill gap to Senior (Fundamentals, big picture view) 2. Getting Interviews (Selling yourself, CV, LinkedIn) 3. Passing Interviews (Take Home Challenges, Live Coding, System Design)

Few years ago, when I was starting, Basecamp sounded too good to be true.. 4 day work week, great salaries that were location independent, great product and team. I always looked at them as a motivation. But nowadays there are much more companies that would fit that description :)

It depends and differs between companies. This is probably due to the increase of new software developers in the market, and perhaps some companies try to filter out the good candidates based on that input. But I personally know a lot of self-taught developers that are working in different companies and doing better than the ones with the degree :)