Engineering, physics, math etc. differ from Comp. Sci. in one major respect (so I hear from colleagues). If you invest a finite amount of hours in the first ca

Engineering, physics, math etc. differ from Comp. Sci. in one major respect (so I hear from colleagues). If you invest a finite amount of hours in the first category, you are pretty much guaranteed you will have something to show for it. Not easy, not simple, but you will get results. Comp. Sci. is a black hole. You can blow ten hours on an obscure logic error. Students know from experience that their tightly budgeted schedule can be wrecked, and they can miss deadlines for reasons that seem out of proportion with the payback. This impacts their other subjects as well. BTW I've a 50-year career in IT. The sum total of my academic qualifications was 1 week of FORTRAN. The rest I learned on the job.