[nupark2]

As a hiring manager, my 'bias' against CS degrees, such as it exists, is that they don't actually tell me much of anything.

Individuals have the capability to learn "compiler construction, functional programming the theory behind OO programming, prolog, how databases actually work", et al, independently of a degree, and yet, having that degree doesn't seem to actually guarantee that a potential hire understands any of the above.

[shaggyfrog]

Then you shouldn't have a bias against CS degrees; you should simply see them as zero-information attributes.

(Which, I think, is correct in a general sense: a resume should get a candidate to an interview, not earn the job on its own.)