| Words Of Wisdom said: Good point. I should have given a higher level designation to include those types of IT positions. My point, however, remains unchanged. |
Engineering and Maths are hardly "IT type" positions. For something you consider so insignificant, you'd be surprised at how many courses require at least a semester of programming. At my university, in regards to undergraduate degrees, except for Law and Arts, the majority require at least 1 semester of some form of programming. Even within Creative Arts (which at my uni is actually seperate from arts), if you are a Graphic Designer, Visual Arts or Sound Production student, you will spend at least 1 semester doing a 'programming like' course, which is more like scripting rather than fully fledged programming.
I'm not saying that programming is something that everyone needs to learn, nor is it something that most people will ever need after higher education, but if you view programming as an abstraction (just like learning any subject), there are skills taught which apply to various aspects of life.
Your point seems to be "skillset is not commerically viable unless you are applying for a job which has its main focus as skillset," which is an extremely crippling approach to education and business.
