I enrolled in my university the same year they switched from teaching C to teaching Java in the CS curriculum. As someone that learned C++ in high school I was

I enrolled in my university the same year they switched from teaching C to teaching Java in the CS curriculum. As someone that learned C++ in high school I was less than enthusiastic about this change. But what surprised me more was that the courses became more institutionalized. Professors were bettering you for a cushy career as an employee at a bank or large corporation instead of showing you how to use the computer to solve a dizzying amount of technical, social and and financial problems. I could understand a technical college emphasizing a safe, risk-free entry into a nice career but I expected better from a university.