If you just want to do some sort of programming for a living, you probably don't need a degree to make the switch. It will help you get your foot in the door, b

If you just want to do some sort of programming for a living, you probably don't need a degree to make the switch. It will help you get your foot in the door, but it's going to be an expensive way to go about it. If you have a particular idea of what area you want to focus in - ML, systems programming, embedded, etc - then it can help secure a job that would simply be inaccessible any other way. I went back to school after a decade of professional programming and finally finished a BS. It was worth it on a number of levels, but it was not cheap to do as an adult.