[baddox]

I don't quite understand all the anti-college rhetoric, especially toward what I consider to be a pretty hard science (CS). Personally, I pursued (and am close to finishing) my CS degree because I wanted to know what CS was and get good at it.

Right out of high school I was not qualified for an entry level programming job (I mean truly qualified, as in able to do the job, not just get the job). I'm now confident in my knowledge and qualifications. It's been worth the time and money (read: debt) to me.

[raganwald]

What I attempted to do with the article was to educate people to the wide disparities between curriculums in CS programs and to subtly encourage picking a school based on its rigour.

To the extent that you read the essay as being anti-college, I failed as a writer. I apologize.

[oiuyhgftrhyjuk]

Trouble is then why would you do a CS degree?

I'm looking for smart and go for scarcity then I ask myself - if you are so smart why did you do CS instead of maths/physics etc?

[baddox]

I did CS because I wanted to learn CS more than math or physics. Of course, there's a decent amount of all three in my CS curriculum. This wasn't necessarily a money-based choice (and I have trouble believing that math or physics graduates make more than CS graduates anyway), it was a choice based on what I enjoyed and wanted to learn more about.