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> I have a CS degree from 1990. It's about as much use as an aerospace engineering degree from 1927

I'm not sure there was such a thing as an aerospace engineering degree in 1927, but if you think a CS degree from 1990 is worthless than you didn't learn much. That theory is still applicable today. Just because the shiny bits on the outside look all new and fancy does not change the underlying theory one bit.

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The theory sure is applicable, but employers don't pay for theory. If you got a CS degree in 1990 and stopped learning the day you graduated, you'd surely have a hard to finding a job in 2014.

The CS field moves at an especially breakneck pace, though. The half-life of the knowledge learned in school is very short.

There are probably some other degrees out there where the knowledge stays relevant a bit longer. But I think it really comes down to the fact that you need at least some degree of continual learning to stay employable after graduation.

You are confusing computer science with software engineering/programming. They are not the same.

The CS field does not move at breakneck pace. The core classes taught in CS are the same now as they were then.

I don't know about the existence of a degree in 1927, but graduating in that year would put you among the designers just before and during WW-II---i.e. the fastest period of aircraft development.

So, yeah.

The author is a full time writer so it's quite possible he no longer uses the knowledge from his studies.

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