[lazyjones]

> would only have a vague idea of how to do a integer => string conversion with base N without googling it. So am I shit?

I would probably not hire you unless you could actually back up your dubious claims ("I can fix anyone's code ..."). The funny thing is, while I am judging people by their ability to solve a particular problem (which admittedly may have an age bias), you are judging people who studied CS based on the fact that you didn't but are still full of yourself.

[mattmanser]

I'm not judging them. There are great programmers who studied CS. Is a worthwhile thing to add. The best programmer I know studied CS.

It's worthwhile, if you can actually program.

It's unfortunate that a lot of people have to wait till they've gone to Uni, studied CS, gone into the real world, got a job programming, and found they cannot program.