It's been almost 20 years since I completed my degree. Three things that I got out of it: - engineering processes, - data structures and modelling, and - algo

It's been almost 20 years since I completed my degree. Three things that I got out of it: - engineering processes, - data structures and modelling, and - algorithms and the application Learning to code well in a particular language you really did in your own time, and that never stops. It was those fundamentals and learning how to apply software engineering to develop a solution to a problem that I came away with. You could learn those fundamentals from a book, but the degree should really be an indicator that you have mastered those basics. Given the risk of privacy and security breaches and the financial/legal consequences if you get it wrong, it's probably time there was an IEEE/AMA/Bar equivalent that signals that you have that understanding and rigorous process.