In my case, no. I went to collage for 4 years, didn't show ambition so I decided to start on my own. I had been on many job interviews and neither one asked me about CS Degree.
I don't have any degree for my career, but managed very well without. I warmly encourage to get a degree though! :)
You waste years learning nothing of value, much of which has to be unlearned to do any job in IT properly, for a piece of paper that only means something to people -- like hiring managers / personnel directors -- who know exactly two things about the job they are hiring people for. Jack and ****... and Jack left town.
It is a foot in the door to get past the suits who don't know any better, nothing more, nothing less.
Interviewers don't look for CS degree, hiring managers does.
To pass through the initial resume filtering , a CS degree will definitely help.
Jack Dekker
Software Engineer
For me it did.
#1. it helped me to proof my level of thinking for hiring managers.
#2. I learned more than only a programming language. for example what I have learned.
And many more subjects I learned when I studied CS.