I disagree entirely, a cs degree is neither necessary nor sufficient to be an engineer, but to be a truly excellent top tier engineer mastery of all the materia

I disagree entirely, a cs degree is neither necessary nor sufficient to be an engineer, but to be a truly excellent top tier engineer mastery of all the material in a top cs program is necessary, but not sufficient. If your goal is a job that pays the bills, fine. If your goal is to master your field, you can either be insanely disciplined and learn on your own (as some do) or you can really learn deeply in a cs program and learn deeply the art of software engineering in practice. Source: I spent the first 10 years of my career without a degree in the valley then got top honors at a top school as a return student, and am a distinguished engineer level engineer at top tech and tech aligned companies.