I was self taught from around age 12 with legit coding pre-ubiquitous internet and have a EE/CS degree. I was coding Mode X assembly demos in C, Pascal, and Ass

I was self taught from around age 12 with legit coding pre-ubiquitous internet and have a EE/CS degree. I was coding Mode X assembly demos in C, Pascal, and Assembly by 17. Most lower division courses were cake. I took 4 CS courses one time under a quarter system which is faster than a semester schedule. Many all-nighters, but got it done. The most important value of it is challenging your abilities and a common knowledge foundation. This is something self-taught only rarely or never receive. There are also too many people in STEM jobs to collect a paycheck while lacking passion.