Except cs degrees don't teach you anything about properly writing software. I've encountered plenty of graduates from top CS curriculums that couldn't code thei

Except cs degrees don't teach you anything about properly writing software. I've encountered plenty of graduates from top CS curriculums that couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. Understanding finite automata and formal methods does jack shit to help you write maintainable code. So your example of a 10-dev team maintaining code would apply more to a fresh CS grad's work than someone that has any experience writing software.