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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So...in the AI era, getting a CS degree from a SLAC with humanities courses and "soft skills" might be better than the tech schools. Go figure.🙂[/quote]
My CS major at UMD is minoring in Philosophy and Math. I think when he's done he'll have completed 6 Philosophy courses, 1 additional humanities, history and two writing specific. [/quote]Per my DC, Philosophy is a fairly common minor for CS majors at CMU.  Because... A reasonable percentage of math/logic/... courses at CMU are officially Philosophy so the CS kids are effectively taking CS classes while obtaining credits towards the required minor...[/quote]
I don't know why some (ignorant) people claim CS doesn't teach critical thinking skills.

Low level coding doesn't require that much critical thinking skills, but advanced programming does.  CS major also requires several high level math classes, which requires.. critical thinking skills.

DC is a dual math/CS major (as many are). In their CS internship, they were trying to figure out a way to make something run faster. They used some math algorithm to do it.   They are at a different internship now and had to understand the complex internal architecture, and came up with some  improvements and found some bugs.

Writing a high level software program requires a lot of analysis and critical thinking skills.  These people aren't drones.  I've done some coding myself, though I am not a SWE.  When you are trying to design and write a program to address a process/issue, believe me, there's some heavy critical thinking and analysis going on.

Also, try debugging a massive piece of code, and tell me it doesn't require critical thinking skills.[/quote]

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