The article makes the mistake of assuming that everyone who graduates with a computer science degree can actually work as a professional programmer. Cheating a

The article makes the mistake of assuming that everyone who graduates with a computer science degree can actually work as a professional programmer. Cheating and copying were extremely widespread when I did my undergraduate and even graduate level computer science work at a top-20 engineering school. Maybe 10% of students were actually people I could consider hiring. This goes for both American and foreign students, I don't make the false claim that Americans are not as smart as foreigners or don't work as hard. Dishonesty and dishonor was the norm, and in my experience, most of the people who actually did their own work and had a knack for engineering went on to do very well.