[jb775]

The simple solution to learning CS is to just start building something.

The process of getting stuck and figuring out how to get un-stuck is where the learning actually happens.

[gcthomas]

CS and software development are different subjects, aren't they? Plenty of devs know little CS and CS academics often do no dev work. CS existed as a field before general purpose computers existed, when algorithms operated on room of women called computers.