Reading that post and the blog post linked, I think I see computer science programs in a better light now. At least in an automata/assembly/algebra class you're

Reading that post and the blog post linked, I think I see computer science programs in a better light now. At least in an automata/assembly/algebra class you're not going to find people who think they're hotshots for knowing the material. Most people struggle through and then go find spare time to learn programming. I'd be really down on myself for not knowing all the latest programming trends in hacker school, kind of like now when I read endless Javascript blogs about new tools, but the difference is I know enough now to know what's important to have a grasp on and what's noise.