> I'm not saying everyone needs a PhD in computer science to program, but there's a lot of pain incurred by people who could avoid it with a basic understanding

> I'm not saying everyone needs a PhD in computer science to program, but there's a lot of pain incurred by people who could avoid it with a basic understanding of the fundamentals of CS. I agree, but I don't think a PhD in computer science reliably instills this in anyone, or at least not on scales that you operate on in industry.