[sidlls]

Many, if not most, software jobs require very little CS knowledge. At such jobs the ability to compare numbers and read a chart (a matrix of algorithms and data structures vs. time vs. space complexity) will cover almost every possible use case.

"Mid-level development as a skilled trade" jobs, for example.

[elihu]

Right. Most programming jobs aren't asking for 5+ years experience in <some language/framework/library> because they're looking for someone who knows how to balance a red-black tree, they're looking for someone who already knows all the workarounds and kludges you'll need to know to do the work they want you to do.

Learning a programming language is relatively easy. Knowing which of several libraries that offer similar features is the right one for your particular task takes time.

[Apocryphon]

And yet, most software jobs interview for CS knowledge. Maybe there should be code camps for interview CS knowledge.

[sidlls]

Yes, and most of those interviews are terrible.

[E6300]

Agreed, but those skills can be picked up by anyone with the time to attend classes, for free.