[svckr]

At the risk of pointing out the obvious: If you live in a country where a CS degree from a decent university is not even close to costing six figures in tuition fees (for example in most of the EU), just get the degree and learn how to code by yourself.

[growse]

Or get a degree in literally anything and learn to code yourself.

If you're really passionate about the science of computing, do CS. But if you're really into particle physics, anatomy or medieval history, do a degree in that (and learn to code).

[benol]

This. The article and most comments here assume that getting a degree is prohibitly expensive, which is the case only in one country in the world. If you happen to live in that country, consider studying abroad.