I mean, this attitude (and the knowledge that it is held by hiring individuals in computing) certainly explains why the demand is high for CS amongst people who want to do software engineering as a career, but I've also encounter interns/grads from some CS courses where it's clear they've followed this attitude to eschewing practice to such an extent that the graduates are having difficulty.
It turns out in most jobs you do use things like soft skills, version control, SQL, etc. more than number theory, formal verification, Forth or UML.
Yes but do you want a 4 year degree that focuses on those soft skills? I think that is what he was criticizing - certainly what he said could not be construed as applying to actual practitioners in industry.
It turns out in most jobs you do use things like soft skills, version control, SQL, etc. more than number theory, formal verification, Forth or UML.