If I'm hiring someone for my team, I need to see skill. Or smarts.
If we're hiring an outside consultant, it's always for technical knowledge that we don't have. Again we need to see skill.
If we need to hire another team lead, it's usually because we have no one to promote from within (either due to experience or lack of volunteers), and again we need to see skill.
I don't hire for marketing, but I'd hope that they also want to see results and could care less if you've programmed before. Indeed it's likely irrelevant.
If I'm hiring someone for my team, I need to see skill. Or smarts.
If we're hiring an outside consultant, it's always for technical knowledge that we don't have. Again we need to see skill.
If we need to hire another team lead, it's usually because we have no one to promote from within (either due to experience or lack of volunteers), and again we need to see skill.
I don't hire for marketing, but I'd hope that they also want to see results and could care less if you've programmed before. Indeed it's likely irrelevant.