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Hello, I am new to this forum. I am looking for an answer to a question, I looked it up online, but that was only helpful to a certain degree, so I decided it would be better to actually ask a developer.

I understand that to become a developer, a degree in computer science is recommended, but is it absolutely necessary? I have recently become interested in developing, but I am already messing about with codes, making simple scripts, and I'm also learning C++, too. I am a very fast learner with this sort of thing and seem to be able to (somehow) keep it all stored in my head. So do you think that somebody who is a fast learner would really NEED a degree in computer science?

Also, just so you know, I am not talking about development of platforms, it is developing applications that I am interested in, so I hope that I am asking this question in the right place (I've already copied it just in case, so I can paste it in the right place if it is mis-posted.

Thank you.