There are a number of kids in comp sci that are just in it to get a job when they graduate. I've seen so many of my peers go through school and then just give

There are a number of kids in comp sci that are just in it to get a job when they graduate. I've seen so many of my peers go through school and then just give up programming. These kids fuel the JavaSchools, and when faced with a real comp sci program they are weeded out pretty quickly. Unfortunately, the schools decided that programming students were too profitable to weed out so many of them with real curriculum. That's when they invented the MIS degree. People are free to like what they like, but why would you clog up the schools if you know you don't have a passion for it in the first place? My wife was brave enough to switch majors after a few years of engineering school before deciding that she just didn't have her heart in it. Other kids plodded along just because they were close to a degree that they knew they would never use anyway, but the piece of paper was more important than their happiness and sanity. P.S. This is a lot of observation from the "outside." I did 2 years of college before I realized that my own ability to learn outstripped my school's ability to teach. I got a hell of a head start on the few of my peers from high school that decided to stick with programming.