100% for the field.. 10% for the University Degree. There is zero chance programming jobs will go away in the near future. I mean perhaps if WW3 happens. Jobs

100% for the field.. 10% for the University Degree. There is zero chance programming jobs will go away in the near future. I mean perhaps if WW3 happens. Jobs in the field are all over, and we are dying for skilled coders. I don't see that changing. Salaries are awesome too. My only issue with the degree is the cost. Most of what you learn in a degree program won't be relevant IRL. Some small bits will, but a couple books and you're there. When I went to University we built apps that ran on 2megs, and we were happy. I spent 4 years learning how to write PalmOS apps. The field requires a pile of self learning. It never stops. Don't agree with the "secondary interest" bit. I don't want my heart surgeon to have it as her secondary interest. Nor do I want the coder who built the software that admins my drugs after the procedure to have clean and efficient code as their secondary interest.