Interviewers normally care about education when they've not got much else to go on. Build something impressive to show them, your proving what your actually capable of, so they don't have to guess capabilities based on your education.
As a former teacher with no CS degree and now on my 3rd developer job that I really enjoy I +1 this sentiment. I have some other tips if you need some, e-mail me I'd be happy to help. david at moja dot io