[gwbas1c]

I think that statement held true before widespread availability of computing; when most computer science was really theoretical. I once skimmed a few chapters of a graduate-level textbook on Category Theory and realized that it was the foundation of object-oriented programming.

The biggest issue is that a lot of "Computer Science" is really applied software engineering; much like confusing physics and mechanical engineering.

Or, a different way to say it: Most students studying "Computer Science" really should be studying "Software Engineering."

More practically, I have a degree in Computer Science. When I was in school, it was clear that most of my professors couldn't program their way out of a paper bag, nor did they understand how to structure a large software program. It was the blind leading the blind.

[mrguyorama]

Meanwhile at my ABET acredited, 2nd rate state school, my Computer Science college professors were talented people who had been doing this shit for decades and clearly understood what they were talking about.

I had ONE class that was about Software engineering.

Meanwhile I had an entire years worth of curriculum that was just "Go take various unrelated science and math classes so you have a strong understanding of the fundamentals in both science and math"

People so often generalize their very specific college experience to the entire world. Meanwhile you'd be lucky to find a consistent college experience just from crossing state lines.