[jamesmp98]

> There, all for free on the web no need to go back to school.

Oh, I don't doubt that self teaching is an option, I've just imagined this particular subfield would place more weight on a degree given that it probably requires more actual CS knowledge

> You'd still be writing code to make the hardware do stuff, just more work to achieve the same. So it might not be that exciting after a while.

Unfortunately I fear you may be right on this. It's a shame I lose interest in my hobbies as soon as I start doing them as work