Why are people who can't code getting the CS or EE degrees? The short answer seems to be: because they're allowed to. The longer answer has to do with the "$$

Why are people who can't code getting the CS or EE degrees? The short answer seems to be: because they're allowed to. The longer answer has to do with the "$$$" part. Fundamentally, universities aren't in the business of educating people; they exist to sell credentials. Which has some thematic overlap with "educating people", but is still a step and a half removed. And with the long-term transmogrification of universities from "institutions" to profit centers, the inevitable rush toward mediocrity (and widening of the gap between perceived value of said credentials, and their actual value) results.