> You don't need a C.S. degree, or a bootcamp, and honestly, if you do, you're probably not enough of a self starter to actually be productive That really depe

> You don't need a C.S. degree, or a bootcamp, and honestly, if you do, you're probably not enough of a self starter to actually be productive That really depends on how you're measuring productivity. I needed to get a CS degree to become a good programmer. Not because I'm not a 'self-starter', but because I self-start in so many different ways that I'll avoid becoming a great programmer and instead become a mediocre musician, painter, runner, mathematician, teacher, cook, physicist, biologist, historian, novelist, and programmer. Among other things. I love learning and mastering things. But I don't have the self-control to abandon everything else I love in the world to just do programming unless I've got a dedicated channel for doing that. That doesn't mean I'm not a self-starter.