[Nursie]

I'm guessing the downvotes are there (not that I downvoted) because there's absolutely no reason that someone with a CS background can't also be a craftsperson.

There's a difference in approach between academic CS and practical software engineering, yes, but a decent CS grad should be able to pick up both.

Sounds like you worked with people who just weren't as good as they thought they were at that part of it :)