Knowing how to program is easy. Knowing what to program is hard. The algorithms stuff is ostensibly about starting you on the path to learn what to program. Al

Knowing how to program is easy. Knowing what to program is hard. The algorithms stuff is ostensibly about starting you on the path to learn what to program. Also, you're not enrolled in a trade school. The curriculum is NOT primarily designed to get you a job. If you show up to interviews with a diploma in hand and nothing else, people are not going to be very impressed. Skills are important. Portfolio is important. A diploma just proves that you can keep a desk warm for a few years. If you cover your bases, there is plenty of need for CS graduates. If you do not, you will have a much harder time competing.