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At my current company, it seems like about half the folks here are from bootcamps (generally career switchers). On my team specifically, out of 6 developers 4 are bootcampers, including me. My company is currently hiring more software engineers, and it seems like every other candidate interviewed is a bootcamper, and they vary in skill. The folks I work with are all very enjoyable to work with, so I think the interview process seems to work in our case to bring in excellent people regardless of the presence of a CS degree.

Speaking personally, I am continuing to self-study CS topics by taking online courses and going to universities' class websites and doing their assignments if they put them online. This won't compare to actually having been in that class environment with peers and mentors and grading feedback, so I have to maintain my learning to discover and fill in the gaps I have in my knowledge. I think if you're able to find two people who are equivalently good at communication and soft skills and one has a CS degree and the other is a bootcamper, generally speaking I'd expect the CS degree holder to have superior technical skills.