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I'd say no, just because I could point out many people with degrees in mathematics who couldn't define the halting problem or a Turing Machine, and yet those ar
by chimeracoder 15y ago
I'd say no, just because I could point out many people with degrees in mathematics who couldn't define the halting problem or a Turing Machine, and yet those are core concepts for any person with a meaningful degree in computer science. (Note: I did not say 'computer programming' or 'software engineering'!)
Of course, that's not to say that this would preclude someone from being employed in many of the same jobs offered to CS graduates, but it underlines the fact that the two disciplines are still very different, even if they involve related skills. If we only used the 'employable in the same jobs' benchmark, then psychology and sociology degrees might 'count' as history degrees.