Likely it's coincidental. The firm probably just hired whomever they thought could best do the job, largely ignoring the degrees. Maybe the people with a comput

Likely it's coincidental. The firm probably just hired whomever they thought could best do the job, largely ignoring the degrees. Maybe the people with a computer engineering background demonstrated better software development skills or aptitude. Suppose the company wants experience in Obscure and one of those computer engineers spent the weekend reading Obscure's manual and playing with the software before the interview. That could be the leg up.