I work at FAANG and have no degree. Checking for degrees used to be a thing but I don't think anyone does that anymore. I had the same feeling as you (regretti

I work at FAANG and have no degree. Checking for degrees used to be a thing but I don't think anyone does that anymore. I had the same feeling as you (regretting not doing traditional CS). I ended up studying it on my own and really recommend it as I find that it made me into a much better engineer.