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by sgeisenh 3854 days ago
In my opinion, it is very easy to teach the basic principles of software development and design. Algorithmic thinking is much harder to teach. A CS background sets you up to contribute ideas and produce efficient solutions to challenging problems. A software development background sets you up to implement ideas and solve problems quickly.

Obviously these are generalizations, but that's what I have seen in my experience.