[stldev]

Interesting generalization; that’s almost the opposite of my experience.

A common hiring anecdote we share with people outside tech is literally: “A CS degree doesn’t teach you how to code.”

For me, ~25 years ago in the UC system, it was all math/science/theory-oriented. Some C++/Java that was introduced to get you through all that theory. Learning how to code/actual software engineering comes with practical experience.

[dcrazy]

My CS degree was a software engineering degree in a trench coat. I went back to give a guest lecture a decade later and the curriculum had changed to be more theory-focused.

(I am quite happy to have gotten the software engineering education.)