I think that the article is probably correct. I retired from a job managing a deep learning team and we usually had many undergraduate computer science and soft

I think that the article is probably correct. I retired from a job managing a deep learning team and we usually had many undergraduate computer science and software engineering undergraduate interns working in our lab. Uniformly, they were highly motivated, knowledgeable, and did good work. Thirty years ago, I used to interview and hire computer science graduates from UCSD: we got some good people, but in comparison, the modern undergraduates seemed more experienced and prepared. Perhaps this is just showing a major improvement in computer science education. That said, I read an article last week that mentioned 70K CS graduates a year in the US, a figure that surprised me that it was so low. I think it is an open question what the value is ofa CS graduate degree is, but an undergraduate degree seems like a great start to a career in software.