"[A]nyone smart enough to make it as a computer scientist can make it with less work and risk as an MD, MBA, or JD." Oh, come now. I see a lot of over-the-top

"[A]nyone smart enough to make it as a computer scientist can make it with less work and risk as an MD, MBA, or JD." Oh, come now. I see a lot of over-the-top programmer glorification on this site, but this takes the cake. I know plenty of complete dolts who managed to get degrees in CS, and who went on to have reasonably rewarding careers. At no point were their grades (nor their general levels of ability) high enough to get them anywhere near law school, let alone medical school. Now maybe you, dear reader, could have easily got into medical or law school, but the vast majority of your classmates couldn't.