Three years into your career (and even less if you're great), formal credentials will matter very little compared to demonstrated aptitude/performance. But sti

Three years into your career (and even less if you're great), formal credentials will matter very little compared to demonstrated aptitude/performance. But still: you may want to self-educate on some things that a formal CS education was sure to cover, like algorithmic complexity, advanced data structures, metaprogramming, some extra stats/discrete math, etc. – so that you don't have blatant gaps in your mental toolset that mark you as a purely improvisational/'raised by wolves' coder. Once you do, and know your skills are comparable to peers with a formal degree, feel free to apply to jobs that may explicitly request a degree: just be ready and open with the case that you have equivalent experience. (That is: even if a listing doesn't say 'BS CS or equivalent experience', assume that it does.)