It also makes the opposite error: claiming that you can do advanced stuff with (just) a CS degree. In the years since the author graduated, there has been a sh

It also makes the opposite error: claiming that you can do advanced stuff with (just) a CS degree. In the years since the author graduated, there has been a shift in some CS degrees, to meet market needs. A key difference is that then, a CS degree wasn't about programming. Those CS degree were just the starting point, letting you know what is out there, and a taste of how to approach it. Part of that was contact with research academics. (Though some recent graduates miss the point and believe that because they now know something, they now know everything.)