Are you in a software related field

Absolutely. I now lead a software engineering team that provides solutions to Fortune 500s and large government agencies.

Humorously, part of my job is to teach the junior developers (many of whom do have CS backgrounds) how to write software in the real world. If it were up to me to set some kind of employment requirement, I would expect someone with training in actual day-to-day activities, not theoretical knowledge that hasn't yet been honed for usefulness in the workplace.

It is interesting that your suggestion doesn't address the real gap between academia and the real world.

and do you have an undergraduate degree in CS, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or something similar?

Nope. Like I said, I started while I was still in high school. I never stopped.

I often think I'll get a degree after I retire because I do enjoy academia, but the purpose of having a career is to make money. It would be incredibly foolhardy to not only give up my income stream to spend time in the classroom, but the opportunity cost would never be recoverable.