You don't need a CS degree. It might help, but I dunno. I don't have one, and I am a dev. What you do need is what YOU need, which is to say you have inclina

You don't need a CS degree. It might help, but I dunno. I don't have one, and I am a dev. What you do need is what YOU need, which is to say you have inclinations and limitations. You'll quickly learn your inclinations as you get into programming, as certain activities will be way feel way more interesting & fun to you. I hate studying things I don't need now, which is a limitation, but that no means does that mean I cannot learn those things. Back to the BSCS thing. The more competitive a job is, the higher the bar to get that job. High paying dev jobs often have the questionably relevant algo questions. 10 years ago it was questions about pirates with gold coins & moving My. Fuji. In 10 years it might be Alan Turing trivia questions. The only thing you can do to optimize for interviewing is to interview, and it helps to be generally competent in your no niche of choice.