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"you need to still have a CS degree and understand (and be able to implement) algorithms of increasing complexity, even if you're making a CRUD app."

Why?

Sorry if it wasn't clear, I meant that's the impression I get from a lot of these interview posts.

Why would you need to have a CS degree?

Anecdotal, but a few of the best software engineers I've known did not have CS degrees. You certainly do not need one to write a CRUD app in Rails/Django.

>you need to still have a CS degree and understand (and be able to implement) algorithms of increasing complexity

One doesn't necessarily lead to the other, and the absence of A doesn't exclude B.

It's a common mistake to believe that CS cannot be self-taught.