[lgiordano_notte]

Makes sense that verbal ability would line up more with success in CS, especially when math scores are already high across the board. A lot of programming leans on language-type skills: reading and understanding code, navigating docs, naming things clearly, writing maintainable logic etc.

The field probably does itself a disservice by overemphasising math. That framing can push people away who might actually do really well, especially those strong in reasoning, abstraction, or communication. Linked study is a good reminder to rethink how we present programming imo.

[jart]

It does. The majority of what's popular and gets attention in programming is things like languages and frameworks which do the best smooth talking. The whole point of CS is to focus on the aspects of programming that aren't just vogue trends. With any field or aspect of modern life, language skills are the gateway to privilege and software engineering is no exception. But here it's respect for the math that stops it all from spiraling into a bunch of bs. You can't fool the math people.