I can only use my own example, but I'm very much of the idea point 2 in the article hit the nail on its head (there is no need for a CS degree to be a developer

I can only use my own example, but I'm very much of the idea point 2 in the article hit the nail on its head (there is no need for a CS degree to be a developer). For example in my own career. Back in the 1990s we used to have so called "technical high-schools" in my part of the world. These had a final year project, and upon finishing it one got an official "technician" diploma (in addition to the normal high school graduation stuff). I was always interested in electronics/computing etc so it made complete sense for me to go there which I did. I already knew few functional programming languages, but I can credit this school for making me finally understand OO programming concepts. I was quite happy that my official title I could put on my cv was "Electronics Technician specialised in Object Programming in C++" I then got accepted for a CS university course, but before it started I looked for a summer job. Which turned out into a 20+ year long career in IT. During subsequent time I did finish my remote B.Sc,but realistically the only reason why I needed it was not to loose out on future job opportunities that require a CS major. When I graduated I was already 8 years into my career. So is university pointless if you think you already have all the skills for the job? I wouldn't say that. I did learn _stuff_ during my course, but it wasn't programming that I already knew. I learned some design and math mostly. Also thanks to the "CS major" (despite it only being a B.Sc) I successfully applied for jobs that paid double of what I was getting at the time and I could work for much bigger companies (in my experience smaller businesses care less about formal education and more about what you can do, big companies for some senior positions have a prerequisite like "a CS major" and you can be a programming genius, but your application will get shredded if you don't have that CS major).