As someone with no cs degree, I'd say get one. Having said that from a "getting a job" standpoint it doesn't make much difference, and I've never had any proble

As someone with no cs degree, I'd say get one. Having said that from a "getting a job" standpoint it doesn't make much difference, and I've never had any problems finding work as a software dev. Mainly the only things that count are if you have experience and can program whatever it be java, c, etc plus whatever frameworks or stacks the company is using. However, keep in mind that if you want a job with a big coorporate company like Apple or Google, you're definately gonna need a CS degree, either that or just be a genius and have made something incredible like a new programming language that tons of people start using. As far as where to go is concerned, nothings stopping you from contributing to open source and doing freelance work, my advice would just be find one project (seriously, one is more than enough) that you're interested in and get involved.