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Thats good. I'm one of those people who does not think writing code is engineering. And computer science is soft science ;).

• UK-AL 9y ago
  I think your confusing programming and computer science. If all you want to think about is gathering requirements, building pratical software than use you'll probably find computer science uninteresting.
  • braymailloux 9y ago
    That's all anyone thinks about in any operational setting. Unless he plans to go into academia and publish papers for a living (rare). There are few and far between settings where the hard theoretical aspects of comp sci are marketable and/Or desirable traits on a resume. Domain knowledge. Or, in other words, added value. Anyone can be taught to program (see bootcamps) or fix a crashed hard drive (see it department). Domain knowledge is being able to say "I specialize in crypto" or "I have in depth knowledge of distributed hash tables. In short learn something you actually want to learn because computer science is just a tool in your toolbox you're going to learn anyway.
    • UK-AL 9y ago
      Desired traits on a resume, and what you enjoy are different things. People go university not only to get job relevant skills, but learn things they find interesting. For a lot of people pure cs is pretty interesting.