I completely agree. With a different degree, one can still do programming. I worked with several good programmers who had no CS degree. Some had no degree at all.

For me, CS was largely a waste. Most of the real, required-for-job programming skills I learned were self-taught anyway. I just used CS as an on-ramp to industry. Maybe nowadays CS is required for "signalling" but it definitely wasn't in the 90s.

Wish I had done physics or hell even math. Now I'm middle-aged and the only things I "know" relate to this stupid pile of silicon on my desk.

Over time I found the CS degree worked out. I was able to pick up the necessary domain knowledge for my own specialty. And having the deeper understanding of how/why things work at a theoretical level enabled me to transition to new technologies faster than people I know who just "learned to code".

But yes. As a junior developer where my programming skills were roughly the same as my friends who had non-coding skills as well, there was some second guessing on my part

I graduated in 1990 with triple major in CompSci, Political Science, and Psychologywhi l it data science!) these gave me the domain and technical knowledge. Fast forward to today, and my biggest regret is either: a) not going directly on to get a PhD in Psychology, which would have been very beneficial now; or, b) not going back and taking over the family farm, which would see me truly working for myself at something which has true meaning and not creating TPS reports.

Which university offers/ed triple majors? And what would've made your psychology PHD beneficial?