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Dear Reddit,

I have a four year degree in Marketing and have worked in "hi-tech" online marketing / advertising / product management for the last 3-4 years. The problem is...I hate marketing. Its boring, easy, rife with bullshit and at the end of the day...people in marketing don't "make" anything that they can be proud of aside from, perhaps, a pretty spread sheet. 

However...I love math, physics and programming whether it be Java, JavaScript, ActionScript, Flex, PHP, Android or whatever I am in the mood for. I have had a number of conversations with the (very) senior engineer at my company and he has flat told me I am a much better programmer than many "actual" programmers he has met in his career and that I definitely have the capability of becoming a great engineer.

I have never met anyone (or even HEARD of anyone) transitioning from a career in marketing to a career in engineering / software development. Do you think it is possible for me to make a transition into engineering without a formal degree?
<bot>: I am in marketing but I hate it. A very experienced engineer told me I can code better than most. I have never heard of someone switching from marketing to engineering before. Is it insane to do it without a CS degree?