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Re:What Computer Science Programs Should Teach by drewcoo on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:12AM (#31201973)
Developers are not computer scientists any more than auto mechanics are automotive engineers.

And automotive engineering is not even a scholarly discipline.

Now what's fair? (Actually none of that, given that the problem is usually some kind of inequality and not a kind of qualification.)

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Re:What Computer Science Programs Should Teach by ghoshbishakh on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:43AM (#31202122)
Many computer scientists are developers as well. But yes, many developers are just software developers who lack foundational concepts of CS. They often learn the CS concepts gradually while working at a programming job in order to tackle different problems. I believe the author will also appreciate CS education once faced with difficult problems.
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Re:What Computer Science Programs Should Teach by zmgsabst on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:32AM (#31202072)
I think the point is exactly what you brought up in your car example:

A mechanic is not an engineer is not a physicist.

A developer is not an engineer is not a computer scientist.

The problem is that CS is a young field, who lacks both trade schools (ie, places to train working developers) AND struggles with the engineer/scientist divide within universities.

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