Many such developers come from boot camps or self-taught backgrounds. It's an individual's choice to go to college for software development, but it's hardly the

Many such developers come from boot camps or self-taught backgrounds. It's an individual's choice to go to college for software development, but it's hardly the only path people take. Unfortunately, supply of crappy CRUD devs is oversaturated, so degrees help weed out lower tier devs. On the other side of things, I don't have any issue getting high-pay, high-skill gigs and my education history never comes up (if it does, that's a red flag).