The article's title itself poses a single question. But really, this article is about two separate, but related, issues: 1. Does a Web Developer benefit from a

The article's title itself poses a single question. But really, this article is about two separate, but related, issues: 1. Does a Web Developer benefit from as educational grounding in the Computer Sciences? 2. Are Web Developers (and by extension Software Engineers) by their very nature also Computer Scientists? The first question is pretty straightforward to answer. Of course they do. The second one isn't so obvious, though. Furthermore, your interpretation of the "right" answer is going to be colored by your own educational background and experiences with others in the course of your respective academic/commercial career.