If you were getting a CS degree in order to get a job, you were already on the wrong path. Get a degree if you want the education for its own sake.
I get where you're coming from but degrees (or any other education) are kind of a necessity, a means to an end.
Getting a degree to pursuit a certain career sounds completely reasonable to me. Of course its a bad idea if you hate the field, but you don't need to madly love it either.
I have no doubt programming jobs exist out there that require a degree, but the vast majority do not - nor do they even seem to prefer it. I think calling them a necessity in this field is a really big stretch.
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I get where you're coming from but degrees (or any other education) are kind of a necessity, a means to an end. Getting a degree to pursuit a certain career sounds completely reasonable to me. Of course its a bad idea if you hate the field, but you don't need to madly love it either.
I have no doubt programming jobs exist out there that require a degree, but the vast majority do not - nor do they even seem to prefer it. I think calling them a necessity in this field is a really big stretch.