Depends on the industry. I worked in the games industry with characters that didn't have their high school diploma. I have a bachelors degree in CS and was wo

Depends on the industry. I worked in the games industry with characters that didn't have their high school diploma. I have a bachelors degree in CS and was working in banking and finance firms with <1 year of experience. No, it wasn't aerospace or quantum physics, but I did have to get cleared by a few 3-letter agencies before I could touch the codebase. Things haven't changed, programmers are in high demand everywhere.