We don't really need more 'hack a stack' programmers. Somebody needs to write that code in the first place, and that is the hard, but rewarding work. Teach stud

We don't really need more 'hack a stack' programmers. Somebody needs to write that code in the first place, and that is the hard, but rewarding work. Teach students how to program, how to reason, how to run experiments (yes, a semester in physics lab or EE lab (I did both)), how to code in assembly, and so on, will take them much further. It's not that hard to google and download a bunch of API's, just tedious. If you don't understand why a one choice might be worse than another, you have no chance. If you understand algorithms, math, design, and so on, you will probably make a pretty good choice even if all you are doing in this specific instance is gluing a bunch of code together.