Well maybe he doesn't understand the differences between: computer scientist computer programmer software engineer You might think they are the same thing bu

Well maybe he doesn't understand the differences between: computer scientist computer programmer software engineer You might think they are the same thing but they're not. A computer scientist would end up in academia doing research. A computer programmer writing programs and a software engineer design then building systems. Learning to program for a budding computer scientist is the worst possible thing to do. It contaminates the mind with what ever preconceptions the chosen language may provide. Ok, maybe Lisp and Scheme not so much - but still ...