This clearly depends entirely on the individual but majority of my friends are self taught (most of which never majored in EE, CS, or equivalent or even took a

This clearly depends entirely on the individual but majority of my friends are self taught (most of which never majored in EE, CS, or equivalent or even took a single computing class of any kind). They have yet to run into any issue building what they want with any barrier from what I've seen. Not sure if this answer helps but hopefully it does.