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Cutting him some slack, its possible that his accounting degree had a significant computing component and he decided to bring this significant aspect out. My degree is in Biological Sciences, but in my third year I specialised almost entirely in molecular biology. Informally I'm sure I've said 'I did molecular biology at university' - although on my CV I've always listed Biological Sciences.

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Except it says that at the time he attended the college, they only offered 1 degree in computers, "Intro to Computer Sciences" and didn't start offering computer science degrees for another 4 years.

Exactly. Only one introductory computer science course was offered. Which is strong evidence that it's a complete fabrication rather than an honest mistake.

Not necessarily indicative of anything -- maybe he spent his time working on the dats processing system sued by the accounting and finance departments.

"I work in the IT industry for 5 years now, so I guess I have a CS BS somehow."?

Math is NP hard! Let's go searching!

While having an accounting degree != being an accountant, accountants are typically held to a higher ethical standard than other professions.

I don't know if Thompson is an accountant, but the perception of a lying accountant running a public company does not bode well for long term investor confidence.

My case is similar but different. My M.A. diploma says Geological Sciences. But it would be misleading to think I know anything at all about rocks. I studied geophysics and I put M.A. Geophysics on my resume. That is more accurate, and people in the field know geophysicists from my university by reputation, without caring about the trivial detail that our degrees are in "geological sciences".

Biological sciences is pretty similar to molecular biology. Accounting is not quite as similar to computer science.

True, my point was that is possible that the accountancy course was an unusual one, in that it had a large computing component.

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