Actually, you haven't established guidelines for what would "cut it." 'Concrete' is extremely vague, so the ball is in your court there. If you mean 'a degree

Actually, you haven't established guidelines for what would "cut it." 'Concrete' is extremely vague, so the ball is in your court there. If you mean 'a degree that will guarantee me a job,' you are SOL there buddy. A dearth of engineers would mean rising unemployment for engineers. (We currently have a glut of unemployed lawyers, for god's sake, no reason that couldn't happen to computer scientists or mechanical engineers if a trend started). Being able to communicate, reason, and argue better than 99.9% of my peers with traditional CS degrees is in fact a concrete advantage.