I think CS education is extremely effective, if one does the exercises himself, and as to software engineering, they don't teach about snake oil, either. It's

I think CS education is extremely effective, if one does the exercises himself, and as to software engineering, they don't teach about snake oil, either. It's just that there's not that much to learn that is universally applicable, comparatively. The field is young, and then computers are easier to make sense of than most things, because we made them that way. Doctors need to deal with human bodies which aren't designed for human understanding and tinkering. Lawyers need to deal with documents which aren't designed for easy understanding, either - they're designed to prevent hostile, malicious parties from screwing each other. We simply have it easier than most skilled professionals.