isn't theory pushed like gospel in academia? No, not really. When I went to school I switched from CS to Math because I felt like the CS program was too job or

isn't theory pushed like gospel in academia? No, not really. When I went to school I switched from CS to Math because I felt like the CS program was too job oriented and I wasn't learning anything of lasting theoretical value. However, recursion and data structure problems are not theory and a master's in software engineering isn't particularly academic.