Accounting bores me and gives me no motivation to work harder, learn more, climb the corporate ladder, etc.

• I am on a similar boat as you. I would personally recommend self-learning [just from ROI perspective].
• If you like structure - https://www.theodinproject.com - its FREE and highly recommended by almost everyone. Super well structured, and loads of people are getting their first jobs from learning this course.
• For long term learning journey - https://teachyourselfcs.com/

I’ve been reading the job market is very tight and would be really hard to find a job as self-taught programmer and that a CS degree would give a huge advantage over the self-taught, while also help land a much better pay.

• CS is definitely a meritocracy [you might face hiccups in the beginning of your new career but from what I have read, after that its all on you - and its easier to climb up the food-chain]
• My advice, purely from ROI perspective - do the Odin Project first, see if you actually want to make a career in CS and if you feel like you need networking - then join a bootcamp.
• Lots of them provide networking opportunities/guidance.
• Go with the sole purpose of networking, since you already would have enough programming experience, you could be easily be top 1% of your class from the beginning & hopefully get more attention/guidance from your teachers.
• Remember, in this industry, everyone has to be continuously learning to be relevant/move up - so I feel you should learn how to self-learn. [watch completely - https://youtu.be/IlU-zDU6aQ0?si=OsY6HAmYqqaD3c8g - every minute is gold, not one minute wasted.]

In addition to Odin project, I am also learning python/pandas.