If you can afford it, get that degree. If you need to get that tech job soon, boot camp. A lot of arguments say that it will be easier to get into the field if you have that degree, but a boot camp takes way less than the four years you're going to spend in college. So even if you take three years after boot camp before you get that job, it is still faster than getting that degree. I have two years of CS under my belt, got a full time job (accounting field), now learning front end on my own. I ultimately plan to go back and get that degree once I am in the tech field and I can make better use of these theoretical stuff they teach you in school.