but, it's really sad that circumstances are such that people need to get useless degrees to compete for a job that doesn't really need the degree. A CS degree

but, it's really sad that circumstances are such that people need to get useless degrees to compete for a job that doesn't really need the degree. A CS degree teaches you so much more than what is needed for a software engineering job (it goes far beyond SE and teaches you about compiler design, networking, OS algorithms, analysis of algo, etc) I have a 4 year degree in CS and a masters in CS. Despite over 15 years of SE experience, I haven't had much use for 80% of the stuff a CS degree teaches you. However, as the poster has said, it's very useful for getting your foot in the door.