> Sadly, this does seem to be true for the majority of junior folks. They just can't code. I don't really know how you get out of a degree program without that,

> Sadly, this does seem to be true for the majority of junior folks. They just can't code. I don't really know how you get out of a degree program without that, but they somehow do. I don't know if this applies to the top CS schools, but now that CS is quickly becoming the most popular major at the majority of US colleges, you have to expect the average quality to drop. Once upon a time, CS programs were filled with the kids who were innately just really into computers. Now they're filled with all of the kids who don't necessarily love tech, but just compared "SWE Salary" vs "Doctor Salary" vs "I-banker Salary" when deciding what to major in. Now that crazy FAANG salaries and "day in the life" videos are splattered all over Twitter and YouTube, more and more money/prestige chasers will be graduating with CS degrees even if they just scraped by without really absorbing the material and writing a lot of code.