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Even for routine programming a CS major might be helpful. Might? Seriously, I don't think that's what's being argued. The point is that computer science != p

• amichail 17y ago
  In most cases, CS majors do go on to do routine programming. Moreover, companies with work that involves routine programming often require CS degrees. So there's a strong connection between a CS major and routine programming. A CS major will give you an advantage even with routine programming.
  • _pius 17y ago
    Most of these are true statements, but I don't see how any of them address the point; we may be misunderstanding each other. CS is a lot broader than programming ... that's all I was trying to say.
    • anamax 17y ago
      > CS is a lot broader than programming CS is a lot broader than computer programming, but one can program things that are not computers.
      • cperciva 17y ago
        CS is a lot broader than computer programming, but one can program things that are not computers. One can compute on things which are not computers, too. Computer science is the study of computation, not the study of computers.
        • anamax 17y ago
          I was unclear - I was using computers as "things that compute". (And assuming that there are things that don't compute, Wolfram notwithstanding.) One can program things that don't compute such as social entities.