[lanestp]

I used to think CS was the exception to my college is worthless philosophy. Then I started dealing with recent graduates. The quality of the education coming out of supposedly decent schools is abysmal. I think modern college is proving itself particularly ill suited for the modern job market. They are teaching out of date skills at a glacial pace. In fact, it’s gotten bad enough that I don’t even ask about whether a candidate has a degree, they are simply irrelevant.

[dagw]

I used to think CS was the exception to my college is worthless philosophy.

I think traditional CS is a good example of "college is worthless" if your goal in life is to become a 'normal' developer or developing 'normal' apps.

I think modern college is proving itself particularly ill suited for the modern job market.

In general or only for programmers? I generally find that the recently graduated civil engineers and architects I meet at work seem reasonably well educated to start working on real projects fairly quickly. Certainly much more so than any self educated engineer or architect might be.