[davismwfl]

First, I have no CS degree, instead I grew up in family businesses writing software from the time I could type. Assuming you are good at what you do, understand how software really works, have valuable skill sets to offer and can sell yourself well I say the degree doesn't matter. When I say how software really works, I am focused on how decisions we make daily can be inefficient once compiled down or interpreted by some VM (so understanding the hardware/software interaction). Not saying a degree fixes it, but honestly it would've shaved off some time for me in the beginning to have those base classes out of the way. That said, I see a lot of people without CS degrees that love what they do and are better than many grads. I think education is what you make of it, spending 100-150k to get an education at a top school doesn't mean you are any better than the guy who didn't. And personally, sometimes I prefer the people that had to slog their way through to learn things, versus the CS grads that feel they are owed something because they have an expensive piece of paper. But then again, I don't think that has anything to do with the degree or school as much as it does the person.

Just my 2 cents. One thing I will tell you, I stopped long ago looking at whether someone has a degree on their resume. The degree just doesn't matter if you are a smart person in general.