> A CS degree can prevent you from making a lot of obvious (if you have a CS degree) and costly mistakes.
I think most people can agree that it doesn't provide any guarantee, but it definitely gives you a boost in the right direction.
(For the record, I don't have a CS degree)
I once had an intern that was a CS master degree student and while he was tackling neural networks in school, I showed him how to link to a DLL 3-times in C++ and he still couldn't figure it out on his own. It also shows you having a CS degree doesn't mean anything.
I think CS though will tell you how it works.
That is just wrong. A degree is just a piece of paper. How is a piece of paper going to prevent you from making mistakes? It won't.
What you mean to say was this:
> Any intelligent person with reasonable CS knowledge will be able to work without making a lot of obvious and costly mistakes
I hope I've taught you something. :)