<p>killaken, so my post doesn’t dispute your post. What makes you think the people who don’t have degrees in CS and working as the OP are not interest in CS topics, programming and self-study. That was exactly my point. You mean to tell me the 31 people that OP know actually didn’t do any problem and self-study. OP stated they didn’t’ need a degree and that does NOT mean they were not interested in the subject.
Were are talking about NOT having a degree and that is NOT the same as NOT interested in the subject or are NOT self learner. Reread post #8.</p>