I’ve made the opposite observation. As someone with no relevant CS background, the points made by OP are exactly what granted me my first job. Having to sit d

I’ve made the opposite observation. As someone with no relevant CS background, the points made by OP are exactly what granted me my first job. Having to sit down and force myself to learn something that is not part of my day job that is the hard part. Or worse, I don’t think of something to be relevant, precisely because I know too little on a seemingly foreign topic. And that’s where I see a degree as valuable.