I have 2 degrees, a BA and MBA, but not a IT/CS degree. I changed careers about 6 years after I had graduated. When I earned those degrees, most computing courses in college was about COBOL and Fortran and done on punch cards. A CS degree earned back then would be just about as useful today as the political science course I took about the Soviet Union.
In the US job market, an technical degree is essential for non-US citizens wanting to work here under the H1B visa program and probably some other programs as well. For US citizens, it doesn't matter so much with most, but not all, employers. Some like to see a college degree but don't care so much about the major. Others just want to see a proven track record. One exception would be the big tech companies who want to not only see a technical degree but it needs to be from one of the top 10 universities for that type of degree (MIT, Stanford, etc).
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I have 2 degrees, a BA and MBA, but not a IT/CS degree. I changed careers about 6 years after I had graduated. When I earned those degrees, most computing courses in college was about COBOL and Fortran and done on punch cards. A CS degree earned back then would be just about as useful today as the political science course I took about the Soviet Union.
In the US job market, an technical degree is essential for non-US citizens wanting to work here under the H1B visa program and probably some other programs as well. For US citizens, it doesn't matter so much with most, but not all, employers. Some like to see a college degree but don't care so much about the major. Others just want to see a proven track record. One exception would be the big tech companies who want to not only see a technical degree but it needs to be from one of the top 10 universities for that type of degree (MIT, Stanford, etc).