People who build software by gluing together libraries and frameworks written by other people, they don't need a CS degree. People who write libraries and fram

People who build software by gluing together libraries and frameworks written by other people, they don't need a CS degree. People who write libraries and frameworks that other people use, they need a CS degree. This person wants to be good enough to go to a FAANG so s/he's in this category. Plus we're about to enter a recession that will make 2008 and the dot com bust combined look like a wet firecracker, so this person really, _really_ needs a degree.