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Not necessarily, i don't have a degree and have been a proffesional programmer last 21 years. Nothing got me excited enough to distract. But at the same time I have worked with so many so to say engineers with degree can't solve simple problems because all they know is what they read in books and taught in lectures. Probably ours is one of the few industries that experience and knowledge plays bigger role then a diploma.

One will require a degree to be a mechanical engineer, or an electrical engineer, etc -- but it is absolutely, demonstrably, objectively, empirically NOT the case that a software engineer absolutely requires a degree. We know this for certain because there are many, many people with software engineering jobs who do not have university degrees:

glassdoor.com/blog/no-degree-required

Also, "distracted"? Huh?

I live in Bangalore, India. So, the context is the people around here. Usually, people from non-engineering background in India are not really interested in coding but doing supervisory role where they manage others. "Distracted" won't be a problem if they are serious about software engineering or coding. Usually, they just look at software jobs as a way to make a living / money.

It's true lack of education does not create sustainable process that can be transferred to next generation. For example people without degree often don't bother about manual, documentations, standards which can be fatal in many industries.