Employers rightly think so. There's a lot more to engineering than being good at math and problem solving. The "other stuff" that Bahamut so flippantly dismisse

Employers rightly think so. There's a lot more to engineering than being good at math and problem solving. The "other stuff" that Bahamut so flippantly dismisses as easily self-taught involves a lot of domain knowledge and best practices. Engineering curricula also includes project-based courses in which you have to apply your knowledge to produce an actual product, sometimes working in a team with your peers. This builds a lot of the skills necessary to effectively tackle real-world engineering challenges and is not something that you would get from a math/physics degree.