<p>DrGoogle wrote:
While the numbers of those without CS or engineering degrees are small but not unheard of. Come to think about it Bill Gates and Zuckerberg didn’t have degree either. They are both dropouts.</p>
<p>These people did go to college but didn’t graduate because other opportunities came up. My guess is that they were invested in CS topics, programming, self study, etc. before they decided to go to college and if their other projects didn’t explode into such a lucrative venture they may have graduated.</p>
<p>If a person is motivated to put in the work they can have a career without a CS degree.</p>
<p>I just don’t know how productive it is to tell people that Zuckerberg didn’t go to college because some people might take that the wrong way and forget about self-study, challenging yourself, creating new things, thinking differently, etc. that it takes to be successful.</p>