<p>My brother never went to college, but started his own business, sold it to a larger company, and kept moving up and now he works for google (and is finally having them pay for him to get his degree). I wouldn’t go as far to say that just because it happened to him it could happen to anyone; there were a lot of circumstances that went into it. Overall, I would say there is greater job security/appeal to businesses in having a degree, but it is definitely possible to get a job without one in CS.</p>