I see a couple other comments saying it will be hard to crack the first job, but easier to have a career thereafter. I don’t think that’s realistic. My company won’t hire anyone for any corporate roles without a degree. Even if I wanted to take a chance on someone without a degree for my team, we don’t allow that at the company level. The companies that do allow hiring non-degree candidates, I suspect, will often prefer the degree-holding candidates if they’re available.