Sure, I'm more commenting on the general feeling on the whole thread that having a CS degree should be dropped as a (soft) requirement for working at Apple/Goog

Sure, I'm more commenting on the general feeling on the whole thread that having a CS degree should be dropped as a (soft) requirement for working at Apple/Google/Amazon, and coding can be learned from coding / working with colleagues. This is all true, but math has to be learned by getting a deep understanding of concepts that build upon eachother over many years, and understanding it is an important skill with large scale systems, so they can't be treated equally with other coding jobs.