The skills gained are minimal Depends what you do. One of my CS professors worked at JPL on some pretty significant projects. I doubt I would've ever had acc

The skills gained are minimal Depends what you do. One of my CS professors worked at JPL on some pretty significant projects. I doubt I would've ever had access to him and his knowledge anywhere else. If you want to make Facebook, or Twitter, or Pinterest, sure you probably don't really need a CS degree. If you want to write high-end AI or an operating system you probably aren't going to learn that without some very smart people helping you out.