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Check out https://www.nocsdegree.com/ https://www.nocsdegree.com/ made by a friend of mine. You'll see that there are plenty of cases where you don't need formal education as long as you have the drive. For applying to jobs, consider being creative in your application. Can you speak directly to the hiring manager? Can you make your application stand out somehow? The best engineers I've hired have usually been ones with the drive and without formal education. Best of luck.