[_russross]

Let me make sure I understood this correctly: having a CS degree will turn you into a cartoon stereotype of a technical nerd, but getting any other kind of degree in the world will enable you to be a well rounded person and still learn CS skills. Somebody should really look into the damage being done by CS diplomas.

[SQueeeeeL]

I feel like the culture surrounding CS biases this substantially. Most people I know who got CS degrees were raised in an environment where communication and interpersonal connections were downplayed and analytical thinking was rewarded (institutions and families constantly do this). College should be the place where these students are pushed mentally and emotionally in all directions, but instead we just give them 4 years of specialized knowledge and throw them out the door. The gen ed system encourages and rewards gameification (because if you take too challenging of a class, it can harm your GPA). It's a problem that starts at the bottom and has been exasturbated by a series of perverse incentives.